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The Pigeon River at Newport rose to over three times its flood stage by 4 p.m. Sept. 27, blowing past record levels when it reached over 27 feet high. The previous record was 23 feet, 4 inches.
Newport, Tennessee, is split by two rivers, the Pigeon and French Broad. On Sept. 27, they turned into pathways of destruction as the Southern Appalachians were drowned in rain from the remnants ...
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 ...
The Tennessee Valley Authority operates the Tennessee River system to provide a wide range of public benefits: year-round navigation, flood damage reduction, affordable electricity, improved water quality and water supply, recreation, and economic growth.
Cocke County High School, Newport, Tennessee (9 kW) American Museum of Science and Energy , Oak Ridge, Tennessee (15 kW) Oak Ridge National Laboratory , Oak Ridge, Tennessee (7 kW)
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 ]
Another warning of a potential dam failure in the state — at the Walters Dam less than 100 miles from Lake Lure — had also prompted warnings of failure that did not come to fruition.
The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which built the dam in record time in the early 1940s to meet emergency energy demands at the height of World War II. Douglas Dam is a straight reinforced concrete gravity-type dam 1705 feet (520 m) long and 202 feet (62 m) high, impounding the 28,420-acre (11,500 ha) Douglas Lake ...