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East Tennessee and its mountainous terrain are a maze of rivers controlled by dams. ... After a day of heavy rainfall in the Great Smoky Mountains, the Nolichucky River was rising at 2 feet per ...
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May 21—BLUEWELL — Residents were cleaning up their properties Monday after a weekend storm that nearly mimicked the one which hit Bluefield last year drenched them with 3 to 4 inches of rain ...
South Holston Dam is a hydroelectric and flood control dam on the South Fork Holston River in Sullivan County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.It is the uppermost of three dams on the South Fork Holston owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the 1940s as part of efforts to control flooding in the Tennessee River watershed.
East of the ranch, after flooding from Hurricane Creek and Tumbling Creek, Tennessee State Route 230 remained closed for several days as officials cleared debris and assessed damage to the roadway. [20] [21] [22] In Humphreys County, at least 509 homes were impacted by flooding, 271 of which were completely destroyed.
The flooding was the result of 8 to 10 inches (200 to 250 mm) of rain falling over a period of 12 hours, resulting in a flood that was among the deadliest in West Virginia history. [3] It is also the deadliest flash flood event in the United States since the 2010 Tennessee floods .
A separate flood warning is in place until 8 p.m. because of an upwater dam release: Knox County. Sevier County. A wind advisory was extended until 5 pm. for: Blount County. Cocke County. Great ...
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