Residents of Newport, Tennessee, have been ordered to evacuate ... in a post to Facebook just before 3 p.m. EST Friday, writing that the Waterville Dam had "suffered a catastrophic failure." ...

The Waterville Dam wasn’t the only one that had a breach due to the storm; Walters Dam in Tennessee also failed. The NWS in ...

The Walters Dam is also known as the Waterville Dam and both names were ... rescues have taken place in Cocke County, according to Tennessee Emergency Management. The Newport Community Center ...

Newport, Tennessee, is split by two rivers ... Walters Dam is also known as the Waterville Dam, and both names were used in various officials' communications. Knox News went straight to the ...

Unicoi County, located in eastern Tennessee along the state’s border ... County residents were ordered to evacuate after the Waterville Dam suffered a “catastrophic failure.” ...

The Waterville Dam in Tennessee, which sits across the state line from Newport, North Carolina, was declared a state of emergency. Residents in Newport, a town of 7,000 people, were ordered to get ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority is releasing ... Cocke County officials feared Walters Dam − also known as Waterville Dam − had failed, though the North Carolina dam held steady.