Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis first alerted residents to leave the Newport area, roughly 60 miles west of Knoxville, in a ...

Details on the dam break. The post Waterville Dam Break Causing Newport Flooding From Hurricane Helene Explained appeared ...

Now that Hurricane Helene has moved on from Florida, it’s wreaking havoc in other southern states, including Tennessee.

Residents in Newport, Tennessee have been ordered to evacuate after Mayor Rob Mathis says theWaterville Dam has "suffered a ...

High waters from both the Pigeon and French Broad rivers closed several roads and led to evacuations and water rescues in ...

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, Duke Energy. It ...

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 ...

The authorities were evacuating people downstream from the Nolichucky Dam, warning that a breach could cause deadly flooding.

The mayor of Cocke County declared a state of emergency, and the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning.

More water than ever is hurtling through Douglas Dam as TVA sends Helene's aftermath down through the Tennessee River.