At 2:56 p.m., Mathis said that the Waterville Dam suffered a catastrophic failure and ordered all of downtown Newport to evacuate. At 3:24 p.m., he officially declared a State of Emergency for ...

A structural engineer assessed the Lake Lure dam Friday evening and determined its failure is not imminent, a town official ...

A few hours after the warning, CCEMS reported that Waterville Dam in North Carolina will be releasing water. This will increase the flow of the Pigeon River from around 2,400 cubic feet per second ...