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At 4:41 p.m. Duke Energy alerted the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency the Waterville Dam, also known as the Walters Dam, did not fail. However, evacuations continued. Two people died in Cocke ...

Meanwhile, confusion reigned in Newport, Tennessee, on Friday afternoon, after local officials announced that the Walters Dam — also known as the Waterville Dam — had “suffered a ...

Officials in Cocke County, Tennessee said on Friday afternoon that the Waterville Dam, just over the state line in North Carolina, had failed and ordered everyone in downtown Newport to get out.

Officials in Cocke County, Tennessee said on Friday afternoon that the Waterville Dam, just over the state line in North Carolina, had failed and ordered everyone in downtown Newport to get out. State ...

Despite a warning from Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis that the Waterville Dam suffered a "catastrophic failure", the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency confirmed that the dam was holding.

29, and flood waters have been receding. Cocke County officials feared Walters Dam − also known as Waterville Dam − had failed, though the North Carolina dam held steady. Walters Dam is owned ...