The latest information reveals the severity of the situation, with the Vaal Dam reaching 120.69% capacity as of Monday. Residents in areas along the Vaal River are refusing evacuation orders ...

The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) says its Vaal Dam crew is aware that some residents are ignoring evacuation orders. National Sea Rescue Institute. Picture: @NSRI/X. JOHANNESBURG - There ...

Five sluice gates at the Vaal Dam are seen open ... Despite many heeding the evacuation warnings, some residents in the Vaal Triangle, particularly in the Parys area, are hesitant to leave ...

eNCA's Slindelo Masikane and Bafedile Moerane spoke with stakeholders about the decision to open the dam sluice gates and the municipal response to the floods.

ERWIN, Tenn. - Local residents and outdoor enthusiasts say they're "heartbroken" after alleging a railroad company is significantly harming the Nolichucky River with its post-Tropical Storm Helene ...

“We did evacuations two miles on each side of the (Nolichucky) River ... looking for potential shelters that could house evacuated residents. High wind warnings were issued later in the week.

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — Friday, spokespeople with the Tennessee Valley Authority gave updates on the Nolichucky Dam after it took on around 1.3 million gallons of water per second at peak flooding ...

GREENE COUNTY, Tenn. (WCYB) — The day Helene hit the Nolichucky Dam, the Tennessee Valley Authority had crew members out overseeing the high water levels. Senior Program Manager of Dam Safety ...

As flooding hammered Appalachia in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, residents became intimately ... including Tennessee’s Nolichucky Dam and North Carolina’s Walters and Lake Lure dams.

Some counties that the Nolichucky ... The dam was spilling a record amount of water, 450,000 gallons a second, on Sept. 29 to pass the water down the river. Though there were scattered evacuations ...

Interviews with residents ... prompting a dramatic airlift evacuation of 62 people from a hospital rooftop in Unicoi County. The Nolichucky River, which turned the hospital into an island ...

“It’s evident that something historically horrific has happened here,” said Lee, speaking to reporters against the backdrop of a mangled and impassible bridge that once spanned the Nolichucky ... with ...