NC officials detect damage to Lake Lure dam after emergency evacuation of people nearby
The nearly 100-year-old dam suffered damage to its structural supports but was still holding Friday afternoon, officials said ...
‘There’s nothing there’: The beloved town of Chimney Rock, N.C., is virtually gone
Lake Lure, a popular tourist destination, is now one of many communities that has been both utterly transformed and largely ...
Lake Lure Dam in Western NC stable after imminent failure warning; emergency repairs begin
The Lake Lure Dam, which was feared doomed to collapse on Friday, is stable and emergency repairs are set to begin.
As dams hold back water from Helene, how many in NC are at risk of failing?
When Tropical Storm Helene brought massive rainfall to western North Carolina, it highlighted just how dangerous dam failures can be.
‘There’s just nothing left.’ Helene wipes out Chimney Rock’s Main Street
Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, leaving causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. The ...
Hurricane Helene latest: Death toll reaches 140 as desperation grows to find hundreds still missing
Death toll reaches 140 as desperation grows to find hundreds still missing - Death toll continues to climb with at least 140 ...
A county by county look at Helene’s devastation in western NC
We’re gathering what we know of the damage in each county in Western North Carolina. Here is an evolving snapshot of Helene’s ...
Chicago fishing: Fall feedbag inland and shoreline salmon and trout
Leading the sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing are inland fish putting on the fall feedbag and shoreline salmon and trout ...
Helene's flooding flattens Chimney Rock, NC: 'Everything along the river is gone'
Search and rescue workers were fanning through the small town of Chimney Rock east of Asheville Monday after it was almost ...
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The attack, which ended shortly after it began, capped a chaotic 24-hour period that began with Israel’s invading of Lebanon in pursuit of Hezbollah. Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles ...
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'I thought I would die with my six children' - dam collapse survivor
Fatima Yakubu cannot believe that she and her six children are still alive after a dam collapsed following torrential rains in north-eastern Nigeria. The family, who live south of the city of ...