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Emergency officials warned in a 6 p.m. ET Facebook post that Lake Lure Dam water levels are now receding. Emergency personnel have rescued more than 25 people through "swift water rescue."
Emergency crews and residents scrambled Friday as Helene — the hurricane downgraded to a tropical storm — overwhelmed the Lake Lure dam in western North Carolina, causing damage and erosion ...
LAKE LURE, N.C. – Authorities went house-to-house urging people below the dam of a popular lake in the western North Carolina mountains to evacuate Friday after officials warned the barrier ...
Stroud owned them and the power the dam generated until 1965. In 1963, the North Carolina General Assembly enacted the legislation that authorized the Town of Lake Lure to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of acquiring the assets from Stroud. The dam, power company, and real estate of Lake Lure were acquired by the Town of Lake Lure in 1965. [3]
This company funded dam construction on the Broad River which produced the lake after which the town is named. [3] The dam took two years to build and Lake Lure was finally impounded and filled by 1927. [4] At ordinary water levels, Lake Lure covers approximately 720 acres (2.9 km 2) and has a shoreline of approximately 27 miles (43 km). [4]
A U.S. post office for Chimney Rock existed since at least 1843. [4] On September 27, 2024, the majority of Chimney Rock was substantially damaged by flooding caused by Hurricane Helene, with the Broad River inundating the village. [5] The flooding also heavily damaged the adjoining town of Lake Lure. [6]
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The Lake Lure Dam, which was feared doomed to collapse on Friday, is stable and emergency repairs are set to begin. At the peak of Helene’s rains, a warning went out that the Lake Lure Dam was ...