Tennessee's Waterville Dam 'Breached' as Evacuation Continues
Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis first alerted residents to leave the Newport area, roughly 60 miles west of Knoxville, in a ...
Waterville Dam Break Causing Newport Flooding From Hurricane Helene Explained
Details on the dam break. The post Waterville Dam Break Causing Newport Flooding From Hurricane Helene Explained appeared ...
Waterville Dam Failure: Updates on Flooding in Newport, Tennessee
Now that Hurricane Helene has moved on from Florida, it’s wreaking havoc in other southern states, including Tennessee.
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Newport, Tennessee ordered to evacuate as Waterville Dam situation becomes critical
Residents in Newport, Tennessee have been ordered to evacuate after Mayor Rob Mathis says theWaterville Dam has "suffered a ...
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Cocke County, Newport evacuations ordered after false alarm over 'catastrophic' dam failure
High waters from both the Pigeon and French Broad rivers closed several roads and led to evacuations and water rescues in ...
In Newport flooding chaos, wrong info on a breached dam led to the right call
Facebook posts about evacuations created chaos, but walking them back was safer than ignoring the warning signs.
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In Newport flooding chaos, wrong info on a breached dam led to the right call
Newport, Tennessee, is split by two rivers, the Pigeon and French Broad. On Sept. 27, they turned into pathways of destruction as the Southern Appalachians were drowned in rain from the remnants ...
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Cocke County, Newport evacuations ordered after false alarm over 'catastrophic' dam failure
Officials in Cocke County urged all of downtown Newport to evacuate ... reports that a North Carolina dam had "suffered a catastrophic failure," though the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency ...