During Hurricane Helene, 70 people were rescued by helicopters from the roof of a Tennessee hospital. It's a cautionary tale for other hospitals, especially in the South.
Patrick Sheehan, director of the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency ... system added levees to protect the building from river flooding at the recommendation of outside consultants.
ERWIN, Tenn. — Jerry and Sibrina Barrett never spent a day apart over 35 years. They worked long hours, never took vacations, ...
Helene’s intense rains didn’t just threaten homes and lives with rising floodwaters but also spawned fatal landslides.
the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency called in swift-water teams, specially designed to rescue people in turbulent waters. But the flash flood had become so violent and the river was so full ...
The Cocke County Emergency Management Agency is warning people downriver from the Walters Hydroelectric Plant near the ...
The National Weather Service in Morristown had issued a flood warning for the Pigeon River for Sunday evening to Monday afternoon. This warning had a special focus on Newport.
Hurricane Helene changed the wild Nolichucky River, prized by East Tennessee rafters. Now, railroad repairs may have further ...
Knox News reporters and photographers scattered around rural parts of East Tennessee for weeks after Hurricane Helene brought dangerous, destructive flooding to the region. Our goal: To inform ...
While southern states continue to recover from the devastation caused by flooding after Hurricane Helene in September, hospitals are beginning to grapple with future flood risks. Twenty Tennessee ...
The hospital in Erwin, Tennessee was destroyed by floodwaters, but no one died. In hindsight, why was it built next to a ...