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In October, CPP reported that large dams on the Catawba River were unable to prevent flooding during Helene. In order to sustain dam safety and power generation, Duke Energy released massive amounts ...
I JUST WANTED TO PASS THIS ALONG. I AM ACTUALLY SEEING JUST FOR OUR VIEWERS, RESIDENTS BELOW LAKE LURE DAM NEED TO EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND. SO JUST AS AN AS AN FYI ACROSS OUR AREA,LAKE LURE DAM ...
Gaston County community on 4th day without ... According to Stewman, the Lake Lure Dam was stable, as of Monday. A “few minor repairs” would need to be made on the dam, which empties in ...
LAKE LURE, N.C. — The Lake Lure Dam is no longer at an imminent risk of failure, emergency management officials in Rutherford County posted on Facebook shortly after 8 p.m. Friday. LAKE LURE DAM ...
Just before 7 p.m. Saturday, the sheriff’s office and Gaston Fire got ... which was in the middle of the lake about halfway between the Eagle Point boat ramp and the dam. Deputies brought ...
Rutherford County's Emergency Management ordered residents who live on certain roads to evacuate to higher areas due to water overtopping the Lake Lure Dam, according to a Facebook post shared by ...
The Birmingham Water Works Board last week approved construction contracts for work on the century-old Lake Purdy Dam in Shelby County ... Schnabel and A.G Gaston Construction.
LAKE LURE - From his home's lakeside vantage point, on the morning Tropical Storm Helene reached Western North Carolina, Mayor Pro Tem Dave DiOrio watched as the dam's arches overtopped.