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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."
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]
The dam, power company, and real estate of Lake Lure were acquired by the Town of Lake Lure in 1965. [ 3 ] On September 27, 2024, the town, along with the neighboring village of Chimney Rock, suffered catastrophic damage from flooding caused by Tropical Storm Helene , including the destruction of the historic Lake Lure Flowering Bridge and the ...
Chimney Rock and Lake Lure in western North Carolina appears to have been devastated by flooding after Hurricane Helene swept through the area. See photos, videos of flooding and damage in Chimney ...
Lake Lure is considered a “high” hazard dam, according to the National Inventory of Dams — a classification that means failure or malfunction is likely to cause loss of life.
Flood waters also ravaged Lake Lure, a vacation destination near Chimney Rock, destroying its pier, the police station and city hall, the Citizen Times reported. The water was left stinking of ...
Lake Lure (North Carolina) Lake Lynn (Cabarrus County, North Carolina) ... Walters Dam; Lake Wylie This page was last edited on 24 December 2023, at 10:24 (UTC). ...
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 ...