Even after Wilbur’s proclamation, the dam was referred to in the press by both names, but it was called Hoover in all official documents and congressional appropriations bills. When Hoover lost ...

GREENE COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) said in an update at 4:48 p.m. that the Nolichucky Dam has been declared stable and secure. The TVA’s Dam Safety team ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority is releasing a record amount of water through the spillways and power turbines of Douglas Dam, where the three rivers at the epicenter of flooding in East Tennessee ...

Officials in Cocke County, Tennessee said on Friday afternoon that the Waterville Dam, just over the state line in North Carolina, had failed and ordered everyone in downtown Newport to get out.

The authorities were evacuating people downstream from the Nolichucky Dam, warning that a breach could cause deadly flooding. By John Yoon The Nolichucky Dam in eastern Tennessee remained intact ...

In a following update to Facebook, nearly 3 hours later, Mathis said the dam had been "breached, but not catastrophic as of last report." "This news has bought us some time. The evacuation is ...

National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists are urging North Carolina residents in Rutherford County downstream of the Lake Lure Dam to evacuate immediately as the dam is at risk of imminent ...

The Ghost Dam will be relocated downstream as part of an extreme-weather mitigation plan aimed at floods of the once-a-century variety, such as the massive regional flood of 2013, the province has ...

COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency is claiming that Walters Dam, otherwise known as Waterville Dam, has not failed. TEMA is citing the dam’s owner ...

DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — A record amount of water is rushing through the power turbines and spillways of Douglas Dam. Normally at this time of year, the dam would be drawn down to get ready for the ...

A structural engineer assessed the Lake Lure dam Friday evening and determined its failure is not imminent, a town official said. The Lake Lure dam in western North Carolina overtopped Friday ...

Andrew Van Dam writes the Department of Data column each week for The Washington Post. He has covered economics and wrangled data and graphics for The Post and the Wall Street Journal. He got his ...