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From 2013 to 2023, 283 dams in the U.S. experienced some kind of failure, according to data provided by the Association of State Dam Safety Officials and analyzed by NBC News this summer. Most dam ...
Flood waters wash over Guy Ford Road bridge on the Watauga River as Hurricane Helene approaches in the North Carolina mountains, in Sugar Grove, North Carolina, U.S. September 26, 2024.
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.
Rhodhiss is a town in Caldwell and Burke counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 1,070 at the 2010 census , [ 4 ] up from 366 in 2000. It is part of the Hickory – Lenoir – Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area .
The 2010 removal of the Dillsboro Dam from the Tuckasegee River in Dillsboro This is a list of dams in North Carolina that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams.
On October 15, 2007, the Morganton News Herald reported that North Carolina Governor Mike Easley described the drought as "the worst in recorded history". [9] On January 29, 2008, Duke Energy, the utility responsible for managing the Catawba River, extended its estimated time frame for Stage 4 water restrictions to August. The extension was ...
A viral TikTok video claims that flooding in North Carolina was caused by the release of water from a dam, not from Hurricane Helene. “Makes since [sic]! How can a town, 2000ft in elevation ...
High Rock Dam. There are three turbines housed within the power house, with a total capacity of 39.60 MW. The APGI Yadkin Project managed a 38-mile section of the Yadkin River, plus tributaries, in Piedmont North Carolina and included four dams, powerhouses and reservoirs, sold in February 2017 to Cube Hydro Carolinas.