Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis wrote his Facebook page just before 3 p.m. EST Friday that the Waterville Dam "HAS SUFFERED A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE" and ordered the "EVACUATION ALL OF DOWNTOWN NEWPORT ...

High waters from both the Pigeon and French Broad rivers closed several roads and led to evacuations and water rescues in East Tennessee.

Emergency officials issued an immediate evacuation order for Newport, Tenn., on Friday as a dam suffered catastrophic failure ...

Panicked local officials initially said the Waterville Dam and the Lake Lure Dam had burst, but both were reportedly still ...

Tennessee's 43rd governor, Winfield Dunn, passed away peacefully Saturday afternoon, surrounded by family, at the age of 97, ...

Fred goes a tad bit overboard on his April Fool's Day jokes. Tennessee's Waterville Dam 'Breached' as Evacuation Continues ...

The authorities were evacuating people downstream from the Nolichucky Dam, warning that a breach could cause deadly flooding.

Running on next to no sleep, or none at all, Chattanooga firefighters are doing what they can to keep residents of Newport ...

At least 42 people have died after Helene crashed into Florida as a 140mph, Category 4 hurricane late Thursday, pounding the ...

The mayor of Cocke County declared a state of emergency, and the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning.

Facebook posts about evacuations created chaos, but walking them back was safer than ignoring the warning signs.

A North Carolina dam failure is imminent after water levels at the Broad River rose 10 feet in only a few hours from ...