Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis first alerted residents to leave the Newport area, roughly 60 miles west of Knoxville, in a ...
Now that Hurricane Helene has moved on from Florida, it’s wreaking havoc in other southern states, including Tennessee.
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 ...
Residents in Newport, Tennessee have been ordered to evacuate after Mayor Rob Mathis says theWaterville Dam has "suffered a ...
Details on the dam break. The post Waterville Dam Break Causing Newport Flooding From Hurricane Helene Explained [Update] ...
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 ...
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 ...
Facebook posts about evacuations created chaos, but walking them back was safer than ignoring the warning signs.
The mayor of Cocke County declared a state of emergency, and the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning.
Currently, a life-and-death situation is unfolding as the A flash flood emergency has been issued as the mayor has ordered an ...