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Near Lake Lure, North Carolina, where iconic scenes from the movie "Dirty Dancing" were filmed, the flow in Cove Creek rocketed up with 32 times more water between Tuesday and Thursday, according ...
Areas sometimes included when referencing the Appalachian region. Northern section is generally not included. Environmental issues in Appalachia, a cultural region in the Eastern United States, include long term and ongoing environmental impact from human activity, and specific incidents of environmental harm such as environmental disasters related to mining.
More than 300,000 people remained without power in Georgia and the Carolinas Sunday evening, with more than 140,000 customers impacted in North Carolina alone, according to poweroutage.us.
Three houses, all on the same street, have fallen into the sea in Rodanthe, North Carolina, in less than a week. And officials say the threat of more collapses in the Outer Banks is only growing.
The Green has numerous tributaries, but much of its water flows from a confluence with Big Hungry Creek. The Green River is itself a tributary of the Broad River. The river is dammed to form Lake Summit, in Tuxedo, North Carolina, and Lake Adger near Mill Spring, NC. The Green River is named for its deep green color but runs brown after heavy ...
Lake James is a large reservoir in the mountains of Western North Carolina which straddles the border between Burke and McDowell Counties. It is named for tobacco tycoon and benefactor of Duke University James Buchanan Duke. The lake, with surface elevation of 1200 ft (366 m), lies behind a series of 4 earthen dams.
Emergency personnel have rescued more than 25 people through "swift water rescue." ... as Hurricane Helene approaches in the North Carolina mountains, in Valle Crucis, North Carolina, U.S ...
Looking Glass Dome. The geology of North Carolina includes ancient Proterozoic rocks belonging to the Grenville Province in the Blue Ridge.The region experienced igneous activity and the addition of new terranes and orogeny mountain building events throughout the Paleozoic, followed by the rifting of the Atlantic Ocean and the deposition of thick sediments in the Coastal Plain and offshore waters.