Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. Here is ongoing coverage from The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer about ...

Emergency crews and residents scrambled Friday as Helene — the hurricane downgraded to a tropical storm — overwhelmed the Lake Lure dam in western North Carolina, causing damage and erosion ...

The world's largest hydroelectric dam in China called the Three Gorges Dam is a very huge infrastructure project that is affecting the spin of Earth, according to IFL Science. The dam, located in ...

GREENE COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) said in an update at 4:48 p.m. that the Nolichucky Dam has been declared stable and secure. The TVA’s Dam Safety team ...

The authorities were evacuating people downstream from the Nolichucky Dam, warning that a breach could cause deadly flooding. By John Yoon The Nolichucky Dam in eastern Tennessee remained intact ...

A structural engineer assessed the Lake Lure dam Friday evening and determined its failure is not imminent, a town official said. The Lake Lure dam in western North Carolina overtopped Friday ...

GREENE COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) said in an update at 4:48 p.m. that the Nolichucky Dam has been declared stable and secure. The TVA’s Dam Safety team determined the ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority is releasing a record amount of water through the spillways and power turbines of Douglas Dam, where the three rivers at the epicenter of flooding in East Tennessee ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - The Hillman family, from left, Leaf, Lisa, and Chaas, hug as construction crews removed the final ...

NEWPORT, Tenn. – An urgent dam break warning along Tennessee's Pigeon River is being canceled amid conflicting reports of the dam's status. Tennessee Emergency managers were telling everyone in the ...

Even after Wilbur’s proclamation, the dam was referred to in the press by both names, but it was called Hoover in all official documents and congressional appropriations bills. When Hoover lost ...