Three rivers that swelled to deadly levels during Hurricane Helene on Sept. 27 – the French Broad, Nolichucky and Pigeon – ...
The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency warned ... TVA owns and operates Douglas Dam, the hydroelectric facility that impounds the French Broad River to create the lake. TVA installed a 4,000 ...
In the days after the flooding, Douglas Dam released around 450,000 gallons of water a second and helped the Tennessee Valley Authority prevent $406 million in flood damage, though some downstream ...