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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 ...
The town of Lake Lure has been trying to replace the aging dam. As of June 2023, it had received at least four grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency designed to help rehabilitate or ...
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.
Evacuation sirens sounded in settlements downstream of the dam and about 1,600 Lake Lure residents were given evacuation orders. Lake Lure Dam was later evaluated to have no imminent failure expected, although erosion on both sides of the dam and the compromising of the structural supports were reported. [62] [63] [64]
Lake Lure Dam was later evaluated, and no imminent failure was expected, although erosion on both sides of the dam and compromise of the structural supports were reported. [222] [223] One woman in the town of Lake Lure was rescued with her dog after being stranded inside a collapsed house along a riverbank. [224]
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 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 ...