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

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

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

WFAE's Marshall Terry and WRAL's Paul Specht are fact-checking a claim made by N.C. House Majority Leader Brenden Jones ...

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 ...

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.