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 ...

More than a month has past since Hurricane Helene swept through Western Carolinas and Northeast Tennessee. TVA is reflecting on their efforts.

An estimated $406 million in damage was avoided during Hurricane Helene because of flood mitigation strategies, according to the Tennessee Valley Authority. Computer modeling showed what could have ...

with a summer capacity of 151 megawatts. It's around 122 feet high and stretches around 4,190 feet across the Tennessee River, the TVA said.

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 ...

GREENE COUNTY, Tenn. (WCYB) — There was no major damage to the Nolichucky Dam structure following Helene, according to the Tennessee Valley Authority. Dam safety experts conducted a thorough ...

Tennessee Gas Pipeline owns the pipeline, which would supply natural gas to the new TVA station on the Cumberland River. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit paused two water permits ...

On the French Broad River upstream of Knoxville, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Douglas Lake dam held back 182 billion gallons of water, enough to fill about 275,000 Olympic-size swimming pools.

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

KNOXVILLE — The Tennessee Valley Authority released data Monday that was collected during, and after, Tropical Storm Helene that provides insight into the magnitude of the storm that swept across the ...