ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Days of torrential rains in North Carolina culminating with tropical downpours from what was Hurricane Helene have led to officials keeping a close eye on a major dam, the closure ..

FLORENCE — Thousands of utility customers were without power Monday morning due to an equipment failure at a Tennessee Valley Authority substation located at Wilson Dam.

Employees were asked following a group management committee meeting to “review the likely outrage factor of a tailing dam failure” and to “compare the attention given to BP’s spill in the ...

A construction worker was injured Tuesday morning when a crane flipped over and hit the Post Falls Dam. The accident caused minor cosmetic damage at the site, but there is no risk of dam failure ...

POST FALLS, Idaho — A crane accident at the North Channel Dam in Post Falls on Tuesday raised ... watches and warnings in case of any type of failure,” a hydrologist with NWS said.

The Nolichucky dam was overtopped and at risk of failure but held and has been cleared by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Receding floodwaters began to reveal the extent of damage from Hurricane ...

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 ...

“EMERGENCY UPDATE: THE WATERVILLE DAM HAS SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. EVACUATION ALL OF DOWNTOWN NEWPORT IMMEDIATELY,” Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis wrote on Facebook. But the Tennessee ...