Douglas Dam was spilling a record amount of water, 450,000 gallons a second. The Nolichucky Dam withstood twice the water flow of Niagara Falls.

This map shows rainfall from Helene and in the days preceding the storm that combined to create disastrous flooding.

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As it works with engineers on floodplain information, the city wants to hear from residents affected by the floodplain.

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It was packing maximum sustained winds of 45 mph. A map from the National Hurricane Center showed Helene heading north through Georgia early Friday, with its impacts being felt across South ...

New research shows that most U.S. towns have reduced or eliminated floodplain construction through local practices like ...

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The first seeds for agriculture were quite literally planted 1000s of years ago in the soil left behind by a muddy river, a ...

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