CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Lake Lure Dam which officials feared would fail and flood dozens of communities following Helene ...

Hurricane Helene killed and destroyed far and ... In North Carolina, dams were in jeopardy of failing and entire communities ...

When Duke Energy opened four floodgates at Cowans Ford Dam last fall, it made headlines. On that September day, water surged ...

Duke Energy manages how quickly water flows through using its hydroelectric dam system. Channel 9′s ... after the floodwaters from Hurricane Helene inundated the neighborhood.

TVA spilled 450,000 gallons per second through Douglas Dam to move Hurricane Helene floodwaters downstream last September, but the record flow damaged a popular campground along the dam's tailwater.

Editor's note: The Asheville Citizen Times will answer your Helene-related questions in our ... and Frances did the same thing from the old dam but not to this extent. To my understanding the ...

Davis said his home has seen significant flooding twice: in 2019 when the dam opened and after Helene. After the 2019 flood, about a dozen of his neighbors took buyouts from FEMA or Mecklenburg ...

It created more headaches for many people already affected by Hurricane Helene, but officials say few understand how the dam and the Catawaba-Wateree system operates. This week, Duke Energy ...