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 [Update] ...

Now that Hurricane Helene has moved on from Florida, it’s wreaking havoc in other southern states, including Tennessee.

At least 42 dead as two towns under evacuation orders over dams at risk of failure - Thousands told to evacuate their homes in North Carolina after storm Helene shifts north ...

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.

The authorities were evacuating residents living downstream from the Nolichucky Dam, warning it was likely to fail and cause ...

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 ...

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

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

The Pigeon River in Cocke County has reached a major flood stage and is at 16 feet. It's risen four feet in three hours.