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 ...
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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 ...
TEMA: Duke Energy says Walters Dam has not failed, evacuation notice still in effect
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 ...
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Downtown Newport ordered to evacuate, State of Emergency declared for Cocke County
At 2:56 p.m., Mathis said that the Waterville Dam, also known as Walters Dam, suffered a catastrophic failure and ordered all of downtown Newport to evacuate. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency ...