Details on the dam break. The post Waterville Dam Break Causing Newport Flooding From Hurricane Helene Explained appeared ...

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

High waters from both the Pigeon and French Broad rivers closed several roads and led to evacuations and water rescues in ...

Facebook posts about evacuations created chaos, but walking them back was safer than ignoring the warning signs.

Now that Hurricane Helene has moved on from Florida, it’s wreaking havoc in other southern states, including Tennessee.

Residents in Newport, Tennessee have been ordered to evacuate after Mayor Rob Mathis says theWaterville Dam has "suffered a ...

Panicked local officials initially said the Waterville Dam and the Lake Lure Dam had burst, but both were reportedly still ...

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 ...

The mayor of Cocke County declared a state of emergency, and the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning.

The Pigeon River in Cocke County has reached a major flood stage and is at 16 feet. It's risen four feet in three hours.

Disastrous flooding hit North Carolina and Tennessee communities far from the coast. What factors contributed to such a dire ...

Currently, a life-and-death situation is unfolding as the A flash flood emergency has been issued as the mayor has ordered an ...