Nolichucky Dam flow reached nearly twice Niagara Falls during Helene flooding, TDOT says
Despite the highest water levels the Nolichucky Dam had ever experienced, it stood firm during Hurricane Helene and is ...
Tennessee flooding map shows the dams and rivers impacted by Hurricane Helene
Douglas Dam was spilling a record amount of water, 450,000 gallons a second. The Nolichucky Dam withstood twice the water ...
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Tennessee Valley Authority assesses dams in wake of Hurricane Helene
The update came after officials issued a condition red alert on Friday, which meant that a breach of the Nolichucky dam was ...
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Hurricane Helene Damage Comes Into Focus With Long Rebuild Effort Expected
Departments of Transportation in North Carolina and Tennessee are still assessing the extensive damages from Hurricane Helene ...
TVA: TN dams were pushed to their limits, but performed as they were supposed to during historic flooding
The Tennessee Valley Authority said the last time the area saw this kind of rainfall was in the late 1970s, which mostly ...
Nolichucky rainfall 1-in-5,000-year event, TVA says
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is calling the rainfall at the Nolichucky River watershed a one-in-5,000-year event.
See photos and videos of flooding and damage across East Tennessee
East Tennessee continues to be in danger of extreme and dangerous floods after the remnants of Hurricane Helene blew through ...
Why was Asheville and North Carolina flooding so bad? Rare weather events and climate change are to blame
Helene produced such a large amount of rainfall due in part to a predecessor event, small (relative to a hurricane) regions ...
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Helene’s rains pushed dams to limits, but they held up
Although the agency warned late Friday night of an “imminent failure” of its 94-foot-high Nolichucky Dam, a facility about 40 ...
‘Timeline is still a question mark’: TDOT continues assessment on East Tennessee highways and roads
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has started assessing and working toward repairing roads, bridges, and ...
Fate of a mare trapped as Helene floods hit Tennessee captures hearts on social media
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 ...
Hurricane Helene triggers deadly East Tennessee floods: What to know about the aftermath
TVA's system of dams along the Tennessee River and its tributaries has been tested by record flooding from Hurricane Helene, ...