Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This map shows key rivers - French Broad, Nolichucky and Pigeon - and dams that were hit hard by the floods. Key East Tennessee rivers and dams hit hard by Hurricane Helene flooding
The utility does not expect the main river to "approach anywhere near the flood stage," he said. ... in Greene County, which withstood a staggering 1.3 million gallons of water per second flowing ...
Even though the Tennessee Valley Authority is forecasting 3-5 inches of rain across the Tennessee Valley through Jan. 27, the public utility does not expect flooding on the Tennessee River or its ...
Areas along the Piney River were flooded as the river made its way south into Hickman County. State Route 48 was made impassable by floodwaters in numerous places. [18] Crews in Dickson County responded to 15 rescue calls using four water rescue teams. A shelter was opened at the Dickson County YMCA for those displaced by flooding. [24]
Fort Loudoun Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Loudon County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States.The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which built the dam in the early 1940s as part of a unified plan to provide electricity and flood control in the Tennessee Valley and create a continuous 652-mile (1,049 km) navigable river channel from ...
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.
The Pigeon River in Newport broke a record at 20.9 feet above its flood level, surpassing the 1904 record by 5.5 feet. The Watauga River in Elizabethton reached 5 feet above its flood level in its ...
Old Hickory was a key element in flood control during flooding on the Cumberland River in 2010. The operation and timing of water releases, following the 13.5 inches (340 mm) of rain over two days, subsequently became the subject of a US Senate hearing.