Tennessee floods: 54 people stranded on Unicoi County Hospital roof rescued as water rose
Unicoi County Hospital is in Erwin, Tennessee, around 100 miles east of Knoxville and Pigeon Forge. The region saw intense flooding Friday as Tropical Storm Helene, downgraded from a hurricane, barreled through the Southeast, inflicting flooding and power outages across multiple states.
The authorities were evacuating people downstream from the Nolichucky Dam, warning that a breach could cause deadly flooding.
Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis first alerted residents to leave the Newport area, roughly 60 miles west of Knoxville, in a ...
The Tennessee Valley Authority is taking steps to accommodate floodwater as storms continue moving through East Tennessee.
At about 9:30 a.m. (CT) the National Weather Service of Morristown reported heavy rain and winds continue to hit the area.
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Helene's floodwaters devastate East TennesseeThe remnants of Hurricane Helene thrashed East Tennessee on Friday, causing catastrophic flooding in several communities near ...
An evacuation order has been issued for the Deerfield Mobile Park and the lower side of Bingham Island subdivision in Sevier ...
Emergency officials issued an immediate evacuation order for Newport, Tenn., on Friday as a dam suffered catastrophic failure ...
Now that Hurricane Helene has moved on from Florida, it’s wreaking havoc in other southern states, including Tennessee.
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Rising water, dam scare lead to evacuations in Cocke County, TNCocke County Mayor Rob Mathis is urging people to “relocate immediately” if they are near water and to not drive into water.
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