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

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 ...

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

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

Running on next to no sleep, or none at all, Chattanooga firefighters are doing what they can to keep residents of Newport ...

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

Watch a road bridge in East Tennessee collapse into a river. Known as Kisner Bridge on Highway 107 in the town of Afton, the bridge was no match for the powerful waters of the flooded Nolichucky River ...

Helene kills at least 60 people as millions left without power after catastrophic storm: Live updates - The Nolichucky dam ...

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

At least 42 people have died after Helene crashed into Florida as a 140mph, Category 4 hurricane late Thursday, pounding the ...

As of Friday, the Middle Tennessee region remains under a flood watch. The remnants of Helene will bring along heavy rainfall ...

A North Carolina dam failure is imminent after water levels at the Broad River rose 10 feet in only a few hours from ...