As Helene weakens, the now-tropical storm's strong winds and heavy rain continue to wreak havoc across the Southeast U.S., ...

Hurricane Helene swept across the Southeast, causing major flooding and destruction throughout North ... Rutherford County and the surrounding region. URGENT: FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE LAKE ...

“Flash Flood Emergency for the Lake Lure Dam! Dam failure imminent ... t.co/InksFUUYF6 On Thursday night, North Carolina Emergency Management for Rutherford County issued a flood warning ...

A month has passed since Hurricane Helene claimed three lives in Rutherford County and left many without homes and their businesses. Residents, particularly in the areas of ...

Elsewhere, officials in Rutherford County, North Carolina told residents downstream of the Lake Lure Dam to flee to higher ground due to floodwater overflowing the top of the 124-ft-high barrier and ...

Two weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated the Southeast, Rutherford County—one of the hardest hit mountain communities—announced that all missing residents have been located. In a facebook ...

Tracy Stevens had left her house in Chimney Rock Thursday night and gotten a room at the Lake Lure Inn, which had a generator and was staying open through the storm. The two towns, both popular ...

Emergency crews and residents scrambled Friday as Helene — the hurricane downgraded to a tropical storm — overwhelmed the Lake Lure dam in western North ... to Rutherford County and the ...