When Tropical Storm Helene brought massive rainfall to western North Carolina, it highlighted just how dangerous dam failures can be.

When Tropical Storm Helene brought massive rainfall to western North Carolina, it highlighted just how dangerous dam failures ...

Lake Lure, a popular tourist destination, is now one of many communities that has been both utterly transformed and largely ...

The nearly 100-year-old dam suffered damage to its structural supports but was still holding Friday afternoon, officials said ...

The Lake Lure Dam, which was feared doomed to collapse on Friday, is stable and emergency repairs are set to begin.

Heartbreaking images show how a picturesque North Carolina mountain village was all but wiped off the map by Hurricane Helene — with one local mourning, “What was once a town is now a ...

Rescue crews helped save more than 150 people in Chimney Rock by Saturday night. It's unclear how many others are missing.

Chimney Rock and Lake Lure suffered some of the most severe damage from Helene. Rutherford County continues to take missing ...

Helene's path of destruction has left at least 56 people dead and entire homes and neighborhoods washed away in the ...

Water overtopped the Lake Lure dam in North Carolina on Friday, forcing evacuations after Hurricane Helene inundated the area ...

"Flash Flood Emergency for the Lake Lure Dam! Dam failure imminent! Residents below the dam need to evacuate to higher ground ...

Helene still wielded enough power to inflict historic flooding across multiple states, millions of power outages and ...