27 in areas where TVA does not control flooding, such as Cocke County, Unicoi County and Washington County. Dams downstream ...

UPDATE (4:30 p.m.): The National Weather Service has canceled a Flash Flood Warning for Cocke County related to a reported dam failure in North Carolina. According to the NWS, the Walters Dam in ...

Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis is urging people to "relocate immediately" if they are near water and to not drive into water. Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis is urging people to "relocate immediately ...

also known as the Walters Dam, did not fail. However, evacuations continued. Two people died in Cocke County, Mathis estimates that over 100 people were rescued. “We’re still rescuing folks by ...

such as Cocke County, Unicoi County and Washington County. Dams downstream of these communities stored water and slowed its flow but could not prevent all flooding. Douglas Dam spilled up to ...

NEWPORT, Tenn. (WATE) — It’s been just over two weeks since many parts of Cocke County were flooded as the remnants of Hurricane Helene moved across the Southeast. The damage still being assessed.