Evacuation orders from emergency authorities in McDowell County, North Carolina, have now been lifted after worries that heavy flash flooding and landslides had put the Lake Tahoma Dam at risk of ...

Residents living below Lake Tahoma, in western North Carolina, were ordered to leave around 1 a.m. ET Wednesday after the Tahoma Dam was inspected by an engineer and officials determined that the ...

Authorities in western North Carolina canceled evacuations in an area south of the Lake Tahoma dam, which had been in "imminent danger" of failing after a landslide. The landslide was set off by ...

MANDATORY EVACUATIONS underway from the Dam at Lake Shore Dr to Lake Tahoma Rd (NC 80) to the confluence of the Catawba River near Resistoflex Rd and Riverside Park. ACT NOW TO PRESERVE YOUR LIFE!

Once again the mandatory evacuation order for all residents below Lake Tahoma has been cancelled. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says the state is sending safety engineers to check on several dams ...

Officials in McDowell County, North Carolina, are warning residents to "act now to preserve your life" as landslides and floodwaters threaten the Lake Tahoma dam Stephanie Petit is a Royals ...

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper toured the hard-hit ... evacuation orders for residents living below Lake Tahoma were canceled after an engineer deemed it safe. Cooper declared a state of emergency ...

Residents and businesses near the Lake Tahoma Dam in North Carolina appear to have dodged potential disaster Wednesday, after emergency officials called off an evacuation. Earlier, heavy rains and ...

Authorities in North Carolina canceled emergency evacuations for homes and businesses near the Lake Tahoma dam, which authorities previous believed was at “imminent risk of failure.” ...

Remnants of subtropical storm Alberto prompted mandatory evacuations in western North Carolina as officials determined ... One landslide compromised the integrity of Lake Tahoma Dam, prompting ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Lake Tahoma dam in McDowell County is overflowing according to the McDowell County Emergency Management. Officials report 7.2 feet of water is spilling ...

MARION, N.C. (WNCN) — A wildfire in the North Carolina mountains has burned about ... is located east of N.C. 80 in the Lake Tahoma area of Marion. The fire is burning primarily on U.S. Forest ...