When Duke Energy opened four floodgates at Cowans Ford Dam last fall, it made headlines. On that September day, water surged ...

TVA spilled 450,000 gallons per second through Douglas Dam to move Hurricane Helene floodwaters downstream last September, but the record flow damaged a popular campground along the dam's tailwater.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Lake Lure Dam which officials feared would fail and flood dozens of communities following Helene ...

Editor's note: The Asheville Citizen Times will answer your Helene-related questions in our ... and Frances did the same thing from the old dam but not to this extent. To my understanding the ...

Hurricane Helene killed and destroyed far and ... In North Carolina, dams were in jeopardy of failing and entire communities ...

Davis said his home has seen significant flooding twice: in 2019 when the dam opened and after Helene. After the 2019 flood, about a dozen of his neighbors took buyouts from FEMA or Mecklenburg ...

WATER FLOWING OVER THE DAM EVENTUALLY DRAINS INTO LAKE GREENWOOD, A SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER FOR GREENWOOD AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES. FEARS OF A POTENTIAL BREACH ESCALATED DURING HURRICANE HELENE.

It created more headaches for many people already affected by Hurricane Helene, but officials say few understand how the dam and the Catawaba-Wateree system operates. This week, Duke Energy ...