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2. Lake Lure (North Carolina) - Wikipedia

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   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]

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

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   The area at risk from the Lake Lure dam failure is highlighted on this map from Google Earth. Residents in the surrounding neighborhoods were ordered to evacuate Friday morning.

4. Lake Lure Dam in Western NC stable after imminent failure ...

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   The Lake Lure Dam, which was feared doomed to collapse on Friday, is stable and emergency repairs are set to begin. At the peak of Helene’s rains, a warning went out that the Lake Lure Dam was ...

5. Lake Lure, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

6. Google Earth - Wikipedia

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   Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery.The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles.

7. North Carolina's Lake Lure Dam holding after prompting fears ...

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   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 ...

8. Broad River (Carolinas) - Wikipedia

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   This is an incomplete list of dams starting at Lake Lure and moving downstream North Carolina. Lake Lure; Cliffside Steam Station (Duke Energy) on the Border of Rutherford and Cleveland Counties. South Carolina. Gaston Shoals Dam ; Cherokee Falls; Ninety Nine Islands Dam adjacent to the abandoned Cherokee Nuclear Power Plant; Dam and canal at ...

9. Flooding, evacuations after Helene plows Western NC ... - AOL

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   The National Weather Service issued a flash flood emergency for Rutherford County, east of Asheville, saying around 11 a.m. that a failure at the Lake Lure Dam was imminent and people below the ...