Asheville officials and construction contractors held a groundbreaking ceremony for a project to expand and upgrade the Mills ...

ASHEVILLE - From a vantage ... The first fusegate was designed to break out at just over a 1,000-year storm event. In order for all fusegates to let go causing a dam failure, a 50,000-year storm ...

Dam break no longer imminent ... Lowndes County Emergency Management said on its Facebook page. Residents of Asheville, North Carolina, described “complete pandemonium” in their city after ...

Tropical Storm Helene swept through Western North Carolina and the Asheville area Sept. 27, causing massive power outages, dam and reservoir breaches and countless downed trees. Widespread cell ...

ASHEVILLE - City staff has been closely watching the water level in the North Fork Reservoir to determine if they needed to release water from the dam, said city water resources director David Melton.

A crisis unfolded in Asheville, North Carolina ... There was a "hoax" that a dam was in danger of failing, which prompted unnecessary evacuations of hundreds of people and diverted the attention ...

The dam did not completely break down. However ... “This is the highest stage observed for the French Broad River at Asheville since measurements began in October 1895,” an alert from the ...

Water levels near dams can rise or fall unexpectedly due to dam operations. Be prepared to move to safer areas if necessary. ...