Almost a third of Americans live in unincorporated communities beyond city limits, where disaster aid can confuse and ...

A false report that Walters Dam had broken when Helene hit prompted an evacuation order from Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis. It's a decision he said he would make again.

Leaders must be held accountable not only for how they respond after tragedy, but what they do to prevent it. It's not enough ...

The parents of the 27 girls who died at Camp Mystic have pushed for improved safety protocols for summer camps. But they didn't expect the camp to announce it would reopen soon.

The Tennessee Valley Authority and Greene County officials gathered at the Nolichucky Dam Thursday to speak about its resilience the night hurricane Helene came through ...

Three months after floods hit central Texas, senior editor at Texas Monthly Aaron Parsley shares his experience when he and his family were swept away by rushing water and how they're moving forward.

The coal refuse dam at the AMAX Ayrshire mine site is failing, Warrick County Surveyor Dennis Wilzbacher says.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District gave an update on its multiyear General Information Study on mitigating flood risk in Tittabawassee River Watershed in Midland County.

In September 2024, Tennessee Valley Authority staff at the dam were dealing with a once-in-a-thousand-year flood. Three rivers – the French Broad, Nolichucky and Pigeon – converge at Douglas Lake.