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 ...

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, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Asheville city officials said crews are responding to a water main break Tuesday morning. According to the city, water resource crews were called to a high ...

Here’s the latest: • Dam break called imminent ... 1 inch are expected for areas of western North Carolina, including Asheville, and eastern Tennessee, including Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg.

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 ...

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 ...

Asheville Water said it has inspected the dam several times since Helene and confirmed some repairs need to be made but it is “not in any immediate danger of failing”.

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

N.C. — A mandatory evacuation has been issued near Balsam Road in Asheville. The flooding of a lake with a dam at Camp Crestridge for Girls caused the mandatory evacuation order. The evacuation ...