Shelved plans from ’60s for Tennessee Valley Authority project in N.C. unlikely to make comeback. Dam failures, costs and ...

NORTH CAROLINA — When Tropical Storm Helene brought massive rainfall ... High-hazard potential areas are areas where if a dam were to fail, the risk of death is probable. Significant hazard ...

Members of Congress need to put public safety first and approve dedicated funding for the regular upkeep, rehabilitation or ...

The dam did not fail, nor was it in "imminent failure," DiOrio ... town's dam safety engineering consultant before, during and after Helene, found in general, the concrete portions of the dam ...

The Lake Lure dam in western North Carolina overtopped Friday after Hurricane Helene inundated the area ... early Friday morning that the dam could fail. Olivia Stewman, the Lake Lure town ...

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - Concern about Helene turned to potential catastrophe when officials announced the possibility of the Lake Lure dam failing and flooding more homes around the town ...

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”.

As flooding hammered Appalachia in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, residents became intimately familiar with a new norm in the US’s post-storm script: dams at imminent risk of failing.

As flooding hammered Appalachia in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, residents became ... United States’ post-storm script: dams at imminent risk of failing. Officials last week said multiple ...