CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Lake Lure Dam which officials feared would fail and flood dozens of communities following Helene, received a “notice of deficiency” from state regulators in 2023.

Ashley Hannon and her husband, Joe, are collecting food, clothing, and toiletries at his family’s church, just one mile away from the Lake Lure ... danger when water, when your dam overtops ...