The Tennessee Valley Authority said the last time the area saw this kind of rainfall was in the late 1970s, which mostly ...

TVA's system of dams along the Tennessee River and its tributaries has been tested by record flooding from Hurricane Helene, ...

Despite the highest water levels the Nolichucky Dam had ever experienced, it stood firm during Hurricane Helene and is ...

The Nolichucky River at TVA’s Nolichucky Dam in Greene County crested at an elevation of 1,266 feet, the was the highest ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is calling the rainfall at the Nolichucky River watershed a one-in-5,000-year event.

Helene produced such a large amount of rainfall due in part to a predecessor event, small (relative to a hurricane) regions of heavy rainfall produced ahead of a hurricane. These rainfalls produce a ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority said Monday that the Douglas Dam and Watauga Dam were releasing higher-than ...

Flash floods and downed trees are wreaking havoc as Gov. Bill Lee declares an emergency. Rescues and evacuations are ...

Officials in Tennessee and North Carolina had warned of possible breaches Friday and over the weekend. Intense rainfall in ...

The Greene County mayor called the flooding in the area "an extremely dangerous situation of Biblical proportion." ...

Greene County officials were turning to recovery Sunday after the remnants of Hurricane Helene tore through the region, ...

The devastating impact of Hurricane Helene is becoming more evident as East Tennessee and Western North Carolina begin to ...