Here's a look at Tennessee and North Carolina communities affected by the storm, as captured by USA TODAY Network ...

The authorities were evacuating people downstream from the Nolichucky Dam, warning that a breach could cause deadly flooding.

Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis first alerted residents to leave the Newport area, roughly 60 miles west of Knoxville, in a ...

The NWS canceled the dam break warning after hearing from officials at Duke Energy, who were able to visually inspect the dam ...

After historic rainfall in the mountains of East Tennessee and western North Carolina, the TVA has worked to manage record ...

Helene was not just generational, but millennial. The Nolichucky River watershed had more than a 5,000-year rainfall with ...

A catastrophic flood threat is escalating along the Nolichucky River in East Tennessee as the remnants of Hurricane Helene ...

Douglas Dam was spilling a record amount of water, 450,000 gallons a second. The Nolichucky Dam withstood twice the water flow of Niagara Falls.

Despite the highest water levels the Nolichucky Dam had ever experienced, it stood firm during Hurricane Helene and is ...

The swollen Nolichucky River sweeps over a dam in eastern Tennessee after 1-2 feet of rain fell in the nearby mountains.

TVA's system of dams along the Tennessee River and its tributaries has been tested by record flooding from Hurricane Helene, ...