When Duke Energy opened four floodgates at Cowans Ford Dam last fall, it made headlines. On that September day, water surged ...

That’s exactly what happened after Helene. With rainwater pouring into the system from the storm’s aftermath, Duke Energy had to open floodgates at Cowans Ford Dam to prevent water from overtopping ...

Duke’s report states Mountain Island Lake would have still flooded once the gates opened even if the water had been drawn down to it’s minimum level of 94.3 feet. Mitchell Peterson ...

At 10:20 p.m., Kagoshima ordered 51 people from 33 households on Sakurajima island to evacuate after the JMA raised the alert level from 3, which restricts entry to the mountain area, to the ...