The National Weather Service issued a warning on September 27, for North Carolina residents near the Lake Lure Dam, which is located about 30 miles away from Asheville. The alert came amid the ...

Residents downstream of two North Carolina dams were evacuated ... “EMERGENCY UPDATE: THE WATERVILLE DAM HAS SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. EVACUATION ALL OF DOWNTOWN NEWPORT IMMEDIATELY ...

A map showing North Carolina cities under a flash flood emergency. Lake Lure Dam was facing imminent failure on Friday, spurring evacuations. A map showing North Carolina cities under a flash ...

NORTH CAROLINA — When Tropical Storm Helene brought massive rainfall to western North Carolina, it highlighted just how dangerous dam failures can be. As the storm closed in on North Carolina ...

Lake Lure is in Rutherford County about two hours west of Charlotte, North Carolina. LAKE LURE ... Tropical Storm Helene threatened a failure of the dam at Lake Lure, according to the National ...

Shelved plans from ’60s for Tennessee Valley Authority project in N.C. unlikely to make comeback. Dam failures, costs and ...

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina ... the National Weather Service that a dam failure was imminent.

Around 8 p.m., emergency officials said it was no longer at risk of imminent failure ... North Carolina. It is a popular tourist attraction. The lake was first constructed in 1925 when the initial ...

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 ...

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Lake Lure water levels are slowly receding after a mandatory evacuation was announced for residents below the dam in low-lying flood-prone areas.

meteorologists are urging North Carolina residents in Rutherford County downstream of the Lake Lure Dam to evacuate immediately as the dam is at risk of imminent failure. The Broad River ...