2024 at 2:23 pm EDT LAKE LURE, N.C. — The failure of a dam in a western North Carolina town is “imminent,” emergency officials said just before 11 a.m. Friday. In a Facebook post ...

Chimney Rock and Lake Lure in western North Carolina appears to have been devastated by flooding after Hurricane Helene swept ...

Emergency officials warned in a 6 p.m. ET Facebook post that Lake Lure Dam ... in Western North Carolina, including Avery, Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes and Boone. A 4-year-old was killed ...

As Helene weakens, the now-tropical storm's strong winds and heavy rain continue to wreak havoc across the Southeast U.S., including in North Carolina ... Lake Lure Dam, according to a Facebook ...

National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists are urging North Carolina residents in Rutherford County downstream of the Lake Lure Dam to evacuate ... is now considered a post-tropical cyclone ...

As of 1:30 pm ET on Friday, September 27, evacuation orders have been made to residents in Rutherford County, North Carolina ... through to Sunday. The post Lake Lure Dam ‘Imminent Failure ...

RUTHERFORDTON, N.C. -- Waters in the famous lake where ... back in western North Carolina. Rutherford County emergency management officials said engineers evaluated the Lake Lure Dam and ...

The National Weather Service issued a warning on Friday, September 27, for North Carolina residents near the Lake Lure Dam, which is located about 30 miles away from Asheville. The alert comes ...

Emergency crews and residents scrambled Friday as Helene — the hurricane downgraded to a tropical storm — overwhelmed the Lake Lure dam in western North Carolina, causing damage and erosion ...