Despite the highest water levels the Nolichucky Dam had ever experienced, it stood firm during Hurricane Helene and is ...

Douglas Dam was spilling a record amount of water, 450,000 gallons a second. The Nolichucky Dam withstood twice the water ...

Departments of Transportation in North Carolina and Tennessee are still assessing the extensive damages from Hurricane Helene ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority said the last time the area saw this kind of rainfall was in the late 1970s, which mostly ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is calling the rainfall at the Nolichucky River watershed a one-in-5,000-year event.

The update came after officials issued a condition red alert on Friday, which meant that a breach of the Nolichucky dam was imminent. After another review by the TVA’s dam safety team, they confirmed ...

Although the agency warned late Friday night of an “imminent failure” of its 94-foot-high Nolichucky Dam, a facility about 40 ...

Helene produced such a large amount of rainfall due in part to a predecessor event, small (relative to a hurricane) regions ...

Flash floods and downed trees are wreaking havoc as Gov. Bill Lee declares an emergency. Rescues and evacuations are ...

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has started assessing and working toward repairing roads, bridges, and highways impacted by Hurricane Helene, including Interstate 40.

TVA's system of dams along the Tennessee River and its tributaries has been tested by record flooding from Hurricane Helene, ...

The video, filmed Sept. 27, shows Bianca braced against the side of a radio station in Erwin, Tennessee, as the overwhelmed Nolichucky River sent a deluge across Unicoi County. Bianca was belly-deep ...