Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis first alerted residents to leave the Newport area, roughly 60 miles west of Knoxville, in a ...

Details on the dam break. The post Waterville Dam Break Causing Newport Flooding From Hurricane Helene Explained appeared ...

Residents in Newport, Tennessee have been ordered to evacuate after Mayor Rob Mathis says theWaterville Dam has "suffered a ...

High waters from both the Pigeon and French Broad rivers closed several roads and led to evacuations and water rescues in East Tennessee.

Panicked local officials initially said the Waterville Dam and the Lake Lure Dam had burst, but both were reportedly still ...

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 ...

The mayor of Cocke County declared a state of emergency, and the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning.

The authorities were evacuating people downstream from the Nolichucky Dam, warning that a breach could cause deadly flooding.

More water than ever is hurtling through Douglas Dam as TVA sends Helene's aftermath down through the Tennessee River.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is releasing ... Cocke County officials feared Walters Dam − also known as Waterville Dam − had failed, though the North Carolina dam held steady.