Emergency officials issued an immediate evacuation order for Newport, Tenn., on Friday as a dam suffered catastrophic failure ...

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 Mayor Rob Mathis wrote his Facebook page just before 3 p.m. EST Friday that the Waterville Dam "HAS SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE" and ordered the "EVACUATION ALL OF DOWNTOWN NEWPORT ...

Facebook posts about evacuations created chaos, but walking them back was safer than ignoring the warning signs.

Helene triggers deadly floods as death toll rises; Tennessee dam break imminent: Live updates - The Nolichucky dam that runs ...

Helene, now a weakened post-tropical cyclone, left chaos and destruction across the Southeast. A damage estimate said the ...

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

After a false alarm of a dam failure was issued in Newport, Tennessee. Officials in Cocke County urged all of downtown Newport to evacuate immediately after a report of a North Carolina dam suffering ...

Helene, now a weakened post-tropical cyclone, left chaos and destruction across the Southeast. Millions of Americans face a ...

Helene, now a weakened post-tropical cyclone, left chaos and destruction across the Southeast. A damage estimate said the storm will cost billions.

FEMA has announced that federal disaster assistance is available to Tennessee after President Joe Biden approved an Emergency ...