BEIJING, China (CNN)-- Authorities in southwestern China watched nervously Wednesday as rising water behind an earthquake-created dam neared a spillway designed to relieve pressure on it.

Some call the site 'frightening,' according to local scientist Peter Kilkus JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty An unusual — and hypnotic — event is taking place at a lake in Northern California.

A rare and mesmerizing scene is taking place in the North Bay as the round "glory hole" spillway at Lake Berryessa is active for the first time in six years. An historian who helped make the ...

A circular drain at Lake Berryessa in Napa County, known as the Morning Glory Spillway, has been active, drawing spectators seeking to get a glimpse of the rare funneling whirlpool.

Authorities are expanding plans to evacuate people in southwestern China as water piles up behind a dam created by an earthquake landslide, state-run media reported Friday. An additional 40,000 people ...

Rehabilitation of the Lake Matoaka Dam will allow for the safe overtopping of the embankment during an event of Probable Maximum Precipitation, bringing the dam into compliance with State Dam Safety ...

The construction makes the spillway even larger than before. "The wings on the side were at least 18 inches, this one is just a little narrower, the walls are 10 feet on the inside," said President of ...

An unusual — and hypnotic — event is taking place at a lake in Northern California. The Morning Glory spillway — dubbed by locals as the "Glory Hole spillway" — at Lake Berryessa in Napa, Calif., is ...