The nearly 100-year-old dam suffered damage to its structural supports but was still holding Friday afternoon, officials said ...

Helene, now a post-tropical cyclone, continues to flood parts of North Carolina and the Tennessee Valley. Dozens of ...

RUTHERFORDTON, N.C. -- Waters in the famous lake where scenes from the movie "Dirty Dancing" were filmed are overflowing the dam that holds them back in western North Carolina. Emergency officials in ...

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Duke Energy crews opened the floodgates Friday to the Cowans Ford Dam located near Huntersville on Lake ...

The storm is responsible for at least 15 deaths in Georgia alone and continues to pack a powerful punch as it continues north ...

The western part of North Carolina received heavy rain from Tropical Storm Helene Friday morning, effectively shutting down ...

"Flash Flood Emergency for the Lake Lure Dam! Dam failure imminent! Residents below the dam need to evacuate to higher ground ...

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 of two main ...

Update: Officials in Rutherford County were watching Lake Lure Dam because water overtopped it. That caused some erosion on ...

The Lake Lure Dam is no longer at an imminent risk of failure, emergency management officials in Rutherford County posted on ...

Residents below Lake Lure dam have been warned that it could fail this afternoon. The town and dam are between Asheville and ...

Several counties in western North Carolina are experiencing flooding caused by heavy rain from what was Helene.