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Potential dam failure in North Carolina


As dams hold back water from Helene, how many in NC are at risk of ...

... North Carolina, it highlighted just how dangerous dam failures can be ... potential for loss of human life if the dam were to break. It's not ...

North Carolina dam holds after heavy rains, concerns about integrity ...

Another warning of a potential dam failure in the state — at the Walters Dam less than 100 miles from Lake Lure — had also prompted warnings ...

Potential dam failure in North Carolina - GON Forum

North Carolina's Lake Lure Dam holding after prompting fears of break. Authorities went house-to-house urging people below the dam of a popular ...

North Carolina's Lake Lure Dam holding after prompting fears of break

Authorities went house-to-house urging people below the dam of a popular lake in the western North Carolina mountains to evacuate Friday ...

Lake lure dam north Carolina on brink of failure : r/weather - Reddit

Update: the dam's structure is still holding, but there is major erosion due to water overtopping the dam that could cause it to fail at any ...

North Carolina dam holds after heavy rains, concerns about integrity ...

A structural engineer assessed the Lake Lure dam Friday evening and determined its failure is not imminent, a town official said.

Lake Lure Dam Failure - Its more Disturbing than You Think.

Lake Lure Dam's near failure and how engineers managed to prevent a potential ... 'We Lost Our Baby': North Carolina Family Loses 3 After Climbing ...

Lake Lure Dam Failure: Inside the North Carolina Breach From Floods

Although the dam didn't break, residents are facing catastrophic damage throughout the area. After Helene passed, the NWS warned in a separate ...

Hundreds evacuated over feared dam failure in North Carolina ...

Residents downstream of two North Carolina dams were evacuated after reports of a “catastrophic failure” due to flooding from Hurricane Helene.

Here's what we know about reports of failure at Nolichucky Dam

The TVA said it activated a "condition red warning" about an imminent breach at Nolichucky Dam.

North Carolina flooding: Lake Lure Dam overtops, remains intact

Rutherford County's Emergency Management ordered residents who live on certain roads to evacuate to higher areas due to water overtopping the Lake Lure Dam.

North Carolina dam suffers catastrophic failure; evacuate area ...

Waterville Dam, also known as Walters Dam, has suffered from this severe failure, the Tennessee Emergency Management (TEMA) says.

Torrential rains flood North Carolina mountains and create risk of ...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Days of torrential rains in North Carolina culminating with tropical downpours from what was Hurricane Helene have ...

American dams weren't built for today's climate-charged rain and ...

... Dam and North Carolina's Walters and Lake Lure dams. People in ... dam, eroding it and leading to structural failure. The second is the ...

Lake Lure dam failure prompts evacuations - WXII 12

That's after heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Helene threatened a failure of the dam at Lake Lure, according to the National Weather Service.

Dam Safety Program Overview | NC DEQ

... North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund to help communities recover from Helene Donate Now ... potential for dams in the major river basins typically affected ...

Lake Lure dam no longer at risk of failure after Emergency Flash ...

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Lake Lure water levels are slowly receding after a mandatory evacuation was announced for ...

Dam Failure Imminent in North Carolina After Helene Hits State

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued an urgent flash flood emergency warning that a North Carolina dam is at imminent risk of failure ...