If you’ve been out on Smith Mountain Lake, you may have seen the debris, anything from fallen tree limbs to even trash. Skip to main content Open Main Menu Navigation ...

On that September day, water surged into Mountain Island Lake, flooding the lake and nearby neighborhoods ... over floodgates at Cowans Ford because it risks sending trash and debris through the ...

Too much water behind these dams or a landslide into the lake can break the dam, sending huge volumes of water and debris sweeping down the mountain valleys ... 10% of the Earth’s land surface that’s ...

ROANOKE, Va. – If you’ve been out on Smith Mountain Lake, you may have seen the debris, anything from fallen tree limbs to even trash. Appalachian Power, which owns and operates the dam and ...