Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis first alerted residents to leave the Newport area, roughly 60 miles west of Knoxville, in a ...
The Walters Dam is also known as the Waterville Dam and both names were used in various officials' communications. "Duke Energy currently has all gates open at the Waterville Dam and ...
The mayor of Cocke County declared a state of emergency, and the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning.
The Pigeon River in Cocke County has reached a major flood stage and is at 16 feet. It's risen four feet in three hours.
At least 42 people have died after Helene crashed into Florida as a 140mph, Category 4 hurricane late Thursday, pounding the ...
COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency is claiming that Walters Dam, otherwise known as Waterville Dam, has not failed. TEMA is citing the dam’s owner, Duke Energy. It ...
Hurricane Helene’s flooding has subsided, but health risks are growing in hard-hit regions of the North Carolina mountains, where many people lost access to power and clean water. More than 150 deaths ...
Hurricane Helene recovery efforts, California’s new IVF law and more in today’s edition of The Yodel newsletter After hitting ...