The Nolichucky Dam in Tennessee narrowly avoided failure due to flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. Angelina Alcantar/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images.

The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) issued an emergency alert from Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis about the Waterville Dam in Newport, Tenn., a city of about 7,000 people.

Tennessee's Waterville Dam 'Breached' as Evacuation Continues. Published Sep 27, 2024 at 3:55 PM EDT Updated Sep 28, ... "URGENT: FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE LAKE LURE DAM! DAM FAILURE IMMINENT!

Newport, Tennessee, is experiencing heavy rainfall from Hurricane Helene, and now, the Waterville Dam has broken. Waterville Dam Failure: Updates on Flooding in Newport, Tennessee – Hollywood Life ...

A complete failure of the Nolichucky Dam would cause a wave reaching bridges in as little as 20 minutes, followed by crests arriving at each location soon afterward, the Weather Service said.

Officials in Cocke County urged all of downtown Newport to evacuate immediately just after 3 p.m. Sept. 27 following reports that a North Carolina dam had "suffered a catastrophic failure," though ...

The Nolichucky Dam, a non-power producing TVA dam near Greeneville, Tennessee, was at active risk of failure beginning Sept. 27 as a record-smashing 1.3 million gallons of water poured through and ...

Most Manawa area residents are frustrated after the city was denied funding to build a new dam. Others say they're ...

Residents downstream of two North Carolina dams were evacuated after reports of a “catastrophic failure” due to flooding from Hurricane Helene.. Officials in Cocke County, Tennessee said on ...

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Thousands of people in the vicinity of a dam in Tennessee were evacuated Friday amid fears of a “catastrophic failure” from the adverse impacts of Hurricane Helene, but officials later ...