Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North Carolina. The News & Observer and the Charlotte Observer have a collection of stories about ...

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 ...

A structural engineer assessed the Lake Lure dam Friday evening and determined its failure is not imminent, a town official said. The Lake Lure dam in western North Carolina overtopped Friday ...

27 following reports that a North Carolina dam had "suffered a catastrophic failure," though the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency said around 4:40 p.m. it was told by Duke Energy the dam had ...

LAKE LURE, N.C. – Authorities went house-to-house urging people below the dam of a popular lake in the western North Carolina mountains to evacuate Friday after officials warned the barrier ...

National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists are urging North Carolina residents in Rutherford County downstream of the Lake Lure Dam to evacuate immediately as the dam is at risk of imminent ...

Surat: With inflows of over 1.43 lakh cusecs into the Ukai dam, authorities announced plans to increase the water discharge to 1.85 lakh cusecs by Monday night. Discharge had been maintained at 1. ...

The old stone dam at one end has long been in disrepair; for the last few decades, the pond has been only partially full and years have gone by since it floated row boats and swallowed fish hooks.

MANILA, Philippines — La Mesa Dam continued to discharge water as its level remained above its limits amid persistent rains. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services ...

Although the flood disaster in Maiduguri and some other parts of Borno State was not caused by the release of water from Lagdo Dam, the fear is that the release of water from Lagdo Dam will have ...

The collapse of a dam in northeast Nigeria has caused severe flooding, destroying thousands of homes and worsening a dire humanitarian crisis. The flooding in Borno State has affected a million ...