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

Tennessee is now facing the storm’s wrath. The town of Newport in Cocke County is facing major flooding because the ...

Officials in Cocke County urged all of downtown Newport to evacuate ... reports that a North Carolina dam had "suffered a catastrophic failure," though the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency ...

Newport, Tennessee, is split by two rivers, the Pigeon and French Broad. On Sept. 27, they turned into pathways of destruction as the Southern Appalachians were drowned in rain from the remnants ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Power and running water are back on in Newport, Tennessee since last week’s horrific flooding from Helene. But, according to the Salvation Army crew on the ground ...

At 2:56 p.m., Mathis said that the Waterville Dam, also known as Walters Dam, suffered a catastrophic failure and ordered all of downtown Newport to evacuate. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency ...

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 Ackermans own a local coffee shop chain in Newport, Tennessee, Snowbird Mountain Coffee Co., which was one of many businesses in Cocke County that was hit by flooding caused by Hurricane Helene.

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.

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