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Hurricane Helene, Tennessee

Tennessee Valley Authority assesses dams in wake of Hurricane Helene

After historic rainfall in the mountains of East Tennessee and western North Carolina, the TVA has worked to manage record amounts of water that flow into the Douglas Dam. TVA spokesperson Scott Fiedler told News 2 that water has been held back to protect areas like Knoxville, Lenoir City and even Chattanooga.

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11 workers at a Tennessee factory were swept away in Hurricane Helene flooding. Only 5 were rescued

As the rain from Hurricane Helene came down harder and harder, workers inside a plastics factory in rural Tennessee kept working. It wasn’t until water flooded into the parking lot and the power went out that the plant shut down and sent workers home.

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Hurricane Helene floods sweep away Tennessee bridge over Nolichucky River: WATCH

Nobody was hurt in the Kisner Bridge collapse, as all bridges over the river were closed. Where was the bridge that collapsed into the Nolichucky River?

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Casket seen in raging Tennessee flood water from Helene

Video shows a casket floating down rushing water in Erwin, Tennessee after historic rainfall caused by Hurricane Helene.

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BVU Authority loses power feeds from TVA

BVU Authority customers are experiencing an outage Monday afternoon. BVU Authority posted on social media that “preliminary reports are telling us that BVU has just ...

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How TVA, which gets no tax dollars, secured over $300M from Biden's clean energy bills

The Tennessee Valley Authority has secured more than $300 million in federal money as it prepares for rapid growth in power demand, even though it has not received direct taxpayer funding since ...

TVA: Nolichucky Dam 'stable and secure' after review; water levels now falling

The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning for parts of Cocke County, Greene County and Hamblen County Friday ...

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They're smaller, cheaper, but still cost billions. How can TVA fund new nuclear reactors?

The Tennessee Valley Authority is finalizing the design of its small modular nuclear reactors, which received $150 million in additional funding from the TVA Board of Directors in August as the ...

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Tennessee Valley Authority issues 25-year draft plan

Plans to meet electricity demand for the next 25 years by the Tennessee Valley Authority are out, open to a public comment ...

TVA faces pushback from environmental groups over plan to power Tennessee Valley through 2050

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is at odds with some climate activists and community members over its plan to power the ...

The Nation20d

The Case for Public Nuclear Power

With additional funding, the Tennessee Valley Authority could provide union jobs, kick-start American industrial production, and help the world go green. Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. As I drove ...

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Tennessee Valley Authority faces backlash on integrated resource plan

The integrated resource plan includes details about future projects. The best Clint Eastwood movie of all time—and the ...

The Washington Post23d

The TVA helped electrify the South — but now its plans are sparking backlash

But one institution that might seem ripe for driving this transformation — the Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation’s largest public utility — is planning to build eight gas plants in the ...

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Tennessee dam narrowly avoids failure after heavy rain from Hurricane Helene

The surging waters triggered fears of an imminent failure of the Nolichucky Dam in Greeneville, The Tennessee Valley Authority said. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a dire Flash Flood ...

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