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  2. North Carolina dam holds after heavy rains, concerns about ...

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    The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality said on its website on Friday morning that the 480-foot long dam was eroding on one side. An update posted earlier in the day said that dam ...

  3. North Carolina floods: Lake Lure Dam overtops with water, but ...

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    Flood waters wash over Guy Ford Road bridge on the Watauga River as Hurricane Helene approaches in the North Carolina mountains, in Sugar Grove, North Carolina, U.S. September 26, 2024.

  4. NC officials detect damage to Lake Lure dam after emergency ...

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    At 9 a.m. Friday, town officials notified the Rutherford County Emergency Management office about the pending dam failure, saying water from the lake was expected to top the dam before 10 a.m.

  5. Dam failure - Wikipedia

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    Over-topped from flooding; spillway inadequate, water rose over a meter higher than the dam and waterfalled over its surface. Dam had been raised after a similar earlier overtopping. Partial failure. Lake Toxaway Dam 1916-08-13 Transylvania County, North Carolina: United States 0 Heavy rains and lack of water-level controls caused the dam to ...

  6. List of building and structure collapses - Wikipedia

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    LORAN-C transmitter Carolina Beach: Carolina Beach, North Carolina, US: Radio tower: 1958: Collapse of the Ochsenkopf Transmitter: Ochsenkopf, Germany: Guyed mast: 1959: Vega de Tera: Ribadelago, Spain: Dam: 144 dead 1959: Malpasset: Côte d'Azur, France: Dam: 423 dead 1959 October cinema collapse Bryansk, USSR Cinema 46 dead, at least 123 ...

  7. With the help of teams from many other North Carolina counties and some from outside the state, Murray said rescuers had fetched more than 150 people by sundown Saturday who had been stranded by ...

  8. List of dam removals in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    The 2010 removal of the Dillsboro Dam from the Tuckasegee River in Dillsboro This is a list of dams in North Carolina that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams.

  9. Helene brings heavy rain, flooding to North Carolina: See ...

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    The state of North Carolina is feeling the impact left ... the county government office shared an update on the dam's water levels. ... Children walk past the collapsed portion of a bridge after ...