Residents of Newport, Tennessee, have been ordered to evacuate ... in a post to Facebook just before 3 p.m. EST Friday, writing that the Waterville Dam had "suffered a catastrophic failure." ...

The Waterville Dam wasn’t the only one that had a breach due to the storm; Walters Dam in Tennessee also failed. The NWS in Nashville tweeted earlier in the day that the hurricane was going to ...

The Walters Dam is also known as the Waterville Dam and both names were ... rescues have taken place in Cocke County, according to Tennessee Emergency Management. The Newport Community Center ...

The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency warned of a breach of the Waterville Dam, across the border in North Carolina, but officials later said that it had not failed. Duke Energy, the ...

In East Tennessee, officials issued evacuation ... emergency evacuation for downtown Newport after he said the Waterville Dam “suffered a catastrophic failure.” Duke Energy later reported ...

Officials in Cocke County, Tennessee said on Friday afternoon that the Waterville Dam, just over the state line in North Carolina, had failed and ordered everyone in downtown Newport to get out.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is releasing ... Cocke County officials feared Walters Dam − also known as Waterville Dam − had failed, though the North Carolina dam held steady.

Unicoi County, located in eastern Tennessee along the state’s border ... County residents were ordered to evacuate after the Waterville Dam suffered a “catastrophic failure.” ...