These were areas where TVA flood control operations could not mitigate impact, according to the statement. “Our hearts go out to these communities. When that floodwater began flowing into the ...

Upstream flooding in communities like the town of Erwin in Unicoi County was so extreme that it knocked out river gauges that ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority released data on Nov. 4 that was collected during, and after, Tropical Storm Helene that ...

Sediment is unable to settle to the bottom of the river at that velocity, Darrell Guinn, senior manager of TVA's River Forecast Center, told Knox News. The most important factor determining the ...

According to TVA, the Nolichucky River rose at two feet per hour on Friday, September 27. Around 1.3 million gallons of water poured over the dam each second at 11 p.m. Peak daily water flow of ...

TVA’s dams and the people who manage these dams stepped up to that challenge and managed this record setting event,” said TVA’s General Manager of River Management, James Everett.

This map shows key rivers − French Broad, Nolichucky and Pigeon − and dams that were hit hard by the floods. Dams owned and ...

After releasing around 323.6 billion gallons of water, the Tennessee Valley Authority said the dam's spillways have been closed. Its River Forecast Center used Douglas Dam along with several ...

It no longer has power generators and produces no electricity, but the concrete structure remains as a kind of buffer along the Nolichucky River. The TVA said its small spillway gate would be ...

TVA’s dams and the people who manage these dams stepped up to that challenge and managed this record setting event,” said TVA’s General Manager of River Management, James Everett.