Waterville Dam break: Cocke County, Newport TN evacuated after …
WEB4 days ago — Knoxville News Sentinel. (This report has been updated with new information.) Officials in Cocke County urged all of downtown Newport to evacuate immediately just after 3 p.m. Sept. 27 following ...
Newport, Tennessee ordered to evacuate as Waterville Dam
WEB3 days ago — COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. — Residents in Newport, Tennessee have been ordered to evacuate after the Waterville Dam suffered what Mayor Rob Mathis called "a catastrophic failure." Tennessee Emergency ...
TEMA: Duke Energy says Walters Dam has not failed, evacuation …
WEBCOCKE 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 ...
Cocke County, Newport residents evacuate after record …
WEB3 days ago — About five feet of water consume a Cocke County home near the town of Hartford on Friday, Sep. 27, 2024. The flood waters were a culmination of rising water levels in the Pigeon River and Groundhog Creek after record rainfall from the remnants of Hurricane Helene hit the region on Thursday night into Friday morning.
Tennessee's Waterville Dam 'Breached' as Evacuation Continues
WEB3 days ago — Rutherford County is in western North Carolina, about 130 miles southeast of Cocke County in Tennessee. Update 9/27/24, 8:17 p.m. ET: This story has been updated with additional information and ...
People ordered to evacuate portions of Tennessee city after dam …
WEB3 days ago — COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT /Gray News) - Immediate evacuations have been ordered in a Tennessee city after a dam failed during the heavy rains brought by Helene. Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis has ...
Water Around Tennessee Dam Receding After Heavy Rain From …
WEB3 days ago — By John Yoon. Sept. 28, 2024. The Nolichucky Dam in eastern Tennessee remained intact late Saturday morning after extreme rainfall from Helene caused waters in the area to rise to record levels ...
Cocke County expecting evacuations after flooding
WEB3 days ago — A Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Cocke County until 4 p.m. Friday. Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis urged people near the rivers to relocate immediately, saying the situation was "changing by ...
Downtown Newport ordered to evacuate, State of Emergency …
WEBHe has officially declared a State of Emergency 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 ...
Newport flooding chaos, wrong info on a breached dam led to …
WEB3 days ago — Mathis couldn’t immediately be reached for comment for this story. Record-setting high water. By 6 p.m., the Pigeon River at Newport reached a gauge height of 28.85 feet, nearly 5.5 feet over ...
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