TVA: Stay off Douglas Lake as floating boom deployed to contain hazardous Helene debris
The Tennessee Valley Authority is telling the public to stay off Douglas Lake near Dandridge as it prepares to deploy a 4,000 ...
TVA working to protect water supply intakes downstream from debris in Douglas Lake
River-level maintenance efforts continue nearly a week after Helene impacted the region. The Tennessee Valley Authority on ...
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TVA Deploys Mile-Long Barrier on Douglas Lake for Flood Debris Management in East Tennessee
The TVA installed a mile-long barrier on Douglas Lake to collect flood debris and protect downstream water intakes after ...
TVA deploying boom to help catch debris in Douglas Lake
A boom is a floating barrier that captures surface and submerged debris in bodies of water, the Tennessee Valley Authority ...
Rivers below Douglas, Watauga dams flood as TVA moves Helene water: 'Like the ocean'
The towns of Boyd's Creek, Kimberlin Heights, Kodak, Sevierville and Seymour were at particular risk of flooding from the ...
How Helene's path created destruction in East Tennessee – and why reservoirs mattered
Helene was not just generational, but millennial. The Nolichucky River watershed had more than a 5,000-year rainfall with ...
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Record release at Douglas Dam as TVA works to prevent more flooding
DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — A record amount of water is rushing through the power turbines and spillways of Douglas Dam. Normally at this time of year, the dam would be drawn down to get ready for the ...
TVA installs mile-long boom to gather flood debris in Douglas Lake
It’s the latest in a series of clean-up efforts by the TVA, which has also been slowly empty overly-full reservoirs to make room for any future rainfall.
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Douglas and Watauga dams releasing increased volumes of water; Tennessee River area not expected to reach flood stage
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority said Monday that the Douglas Dam and Watauga Dam were releasing higher-than ...
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Area High School FFA’s lending a hand to victims of flood-ravaged east Tennessee
CARROLL COUNTY, Tenn.–West Carrol High School’s  Future Farmers of America and Beta Club, along with other high school clubs ...
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TVA: Douglas Dam sets water flow record to control Hurricane Helene floods
The Tennessee Valley Authority is releasing a record amount of water through the spillways and power turbines of Douglas Dam, where the three rivers at the epicenter of flooding in East Tennessee ...