The backup dam, which stands just downstream from the original, was built in 2005 after experts determined the original dam ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A powerful earthquake in South Carolina’s Midlands could threaten the Lake Murray dam, which holds back nearly 650 billion gallons ...

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A sunny afternoon at a lakeside beach in South Carolina took a sudden and dangerous turn when an unexpected lightning strike sent more than a dozen people to local hospitals. The incident occurred ...

A persistent cluster of small earthquakes near Lake Murray, the large reservoir northwest of Columbia, South Carolina, fits a ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — For the past several years, small earthquakes have been reported in the Midlands. The latest was yesterday’s 3.0 quake near the Lake Murray Dam. “I just felt a loud vibration, a loud ...

COLUMBIA — Another earthquake just off Lake Murray kicked off the first day of March. It is the fifth small earthquake to cause trembling in the area in the last month. A magnitude 2.2 earthquake ...

LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — Twenty people, including 12 children, were injured after a lightning strike on Lake Murray in Lexington County, South Carolina. The incident occurred near the Lake Murray Dam ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The opening of South Carolina’s newest state park has become a flash point for conversations about access to one of the state’s ...

A powerful earthquake in South Carolina’s Midlands could threaten the Lake Murray dam, which holds back nearly 650 billion gallons of water. Experts say a breach is unlikely, but emergency officials ...