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Officials in Cocke County urged all of downtown Newport to evacuate immediately just after 3 p.m. Sept. 27 following reports that a North Carolina dam had "suffered a catastrophic failure," though ...
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency reposted Mathis’ report and the National Weather Service followed suit. Residents nearby got emergency alerts letting them know about the dam failure.
The utility has invested $1.23 billion in dam safety projects since 2010. ... The French Broad River in Newport, Tennessee, rose more than 13 feet above its flood level, the largest flood on the ...
Ocoee Dam No. 1 on the Ocoee River impounds Parksville Reservoir; Ocoee Dam No. 2 on the Ocoee River impounds Ocoee Lake No. 2; Ocoee Dam No. 3 on the Ocoee River impounds Ocoee Lake No. 3; South Holston Dam dams the South Fork Holston River, forming South Holston Lake; Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River forms Tellico Lake
River level probes recorded by United States National Water Prediction Service at the Pigeon River by Newport indicated that at 3:00 p.m. EST, immediately following the dam failure, water levels reached 26.17 feet, over twice as high as the highest "Major" warning level for the location at 12 feet. [64]
Little Bear Creek Dam; Lost Creek Dam; Melton Hill Dam; Nickajack Dam; Nolichucky Dam; Normandy Dam; Norris Dam; Nottely Dam; Ocoee Dams 1, 2, 3; Pickwick Landing Dam; Pin Oak Dam; Pine Dam; Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant; Redbud Dam; South Holston Dam; Sycamore Dam; Tellico Dam; Tims Ford Dam; Upper Bear Creek Dam; Watauga Dam; Watts ...
The dam scare comes as nearby rivers continue to rise from the effects of Helene. The Pigeon River at Newport rose to nearly three times its flood stage Friday afternoon, and it's expected to ...
Newport is a city in and the county seat of Cocke County, Tennessee, United States. [10] The population was 6,945 at the 2010 census , [ 11 ] down from 7,242 at the 2000 census. The estimated population in 2018 was 6,801. [ 12 ]