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The lake extends 39.4 miles (63.4 km) up the Savannah River, 29 miles (47 km) up the Little River in Georgia, and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) up the Broad River in Georgia, and 17 miles (27 km) up the Little River in South Carolina, at normal pool elevation of 330 mean sea level, Thurmond Lake comprises nearly 71,100 acres (287 km 2) of water with a ...
Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news on the arctic blast for Tuesday, Dec. 3. For the latest news on the winter weather, view our story for Wednesday, Dec. 4. La Casa De Pizza was open ...
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.
A storm system in the East will bring heavy rain and strong winds as lake-effect snow develops in its wake. Here's what to know. Eastern Storm To Bring Possible Flooding Rain, Strong Winds And ...
J. Strom Thurmond Dam, [1] also known in Georgia as Clarks Hill Dam, is a concrete-gravity and embankment dam located 22 miles (35 km) north of Augusta, Georgia on the Savannah River at the border of South Carolina and Georgia, creating Lake Strom Thurmond. U.S. Route 221 (and Georgia State Route 150 on the Georgia side of the state line) cross it.
The Flood Control Act of 1966 authorized construction of a new reservoir on the Savannah River to be named Trotters Shoals Lake and Dam. The lake and dam were renamed in 1987 after Georgia senator Richard Brevard Russell Jr. in the same bill that also renamed Clarks Hill Lake to Lake Strom Thurmond. Construction on the new dam began in 1974 and ...
Heavy rain Tuesday night sent water levels skyrocketing by more than 10 feet in 12 hours on Connecticut’s Yantic River. The river reached its highest level in more than 40 years early Wednesday ...
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."