{"id":107873,"date":"2024-09-28T09:30:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T02:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107873"},"modified":"2024-09-28T09:30:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T02:30:53","slug":"north-carolina-residents-told-to-evacuate-due-to-imminent-dam-failure-from-hurricane-helene-floodwaters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107873","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina residents told to evacuate due to \u2018imminent\u2019 dam failure from Hurricane Helene floodwaters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div data-testid=\"nsc-wrapper-support-us\">\n<div class=\"sc-16ay7ps-0 hAqRAM\">\n<div class=\"sc-16ay7ps-1 jbZASd\">\n<div class=\"sc-16ay7ps-14 bFnbmL\">\n<h3 data-testid=\"support-nsc-title\" class=\"sc-16ay7ps-2 horJcb\">Your support helps us to tell the story<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><amp-accordion animate=\"\" class=\"i-amphtml-layout-container\" i-amphtml-layout=\"container\"><\/p>\n<section class=\"sc-16ay7ps-18 bfRLhE\">\n<h4 class=\"sc-16ay7ps-3 bOpeIR\"><button class=\"sc-16ay7ps-4 jyAPhF closed-trigger\" data-testid=\"support-nsc-dropdown\"><span class=\"sc-16ay7ps-8 kDWcOx\"><span class=\"sc-16ay7ps-7 fiytbn\">Find out more<\/span><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 bNRJWU sc-culv3z-0 jIhHch sc-16ay7ps-5 jJxovk\"><use href=\"#d5d9764c65d2cfa2\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><button class=\"sc-16ay7ps-4 jyAPhF open-trigger\" data-testid=\"support-nsc-dropdown\"><span class=\"sc-16ay7ps-8 kDWcOx\"><span class=\"sc-16ay7ps-7 fiytbn\">Close<\/span><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 bNRJWU sc-culv3z-0 jIhHch sc-16ay7ps-5 sc-16ay7ps-6 jJxovk cOIZLt\"><use href=\"#d5d9764c65d2cfa2\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/h4>\n<div class=\"sc-16ay7ps-19 gdfHuZ\">\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"support-nsc-collapsed-content\" class=\"sc-16ay7ps-9 hYsSsu\">Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts.<\/p>\n<p><b>Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda.<\/b><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"support-nsc-author\" class=\"sc-16ay7ps-10 kOmKsa\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/support-us\/louise-thomas.png\" alt=\"Head shot of Louise Thomas\" class=\"sc-16ay7ps-13 jgqbGv\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/amp-accordion><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Residents downstream of a North Carolina dam have been ordered to evacuate after the barrier was \u201ccompromised\u201d by floodwaters due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/hurricane-helene-landfall-florida-tracker-death-toll-b2619842.html\">Hurricane Helene<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a series of Facebook posts on Friday, the Rutherfood County Emergency Management Department told those living nearby to immediately flee to higheer ground due to flash floods overtopping the Lake Lure Dam.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWater is cresting the dam and flowing around the side walls. Structural supports have been compromised, but the dam wall is currently holding,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rcemergencymanagement\/posts\/pfbid0jwRYhTAcm2MnkCgTqB6m2NSFVm6eoLdS1LmcoP9XKeq3WyKYfGHMhrx1zSmXQuRUl\">the Department said<\/a> at 1:44pm local time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvacuations have occurred from the dam to Island Creek Road. Evacuation sirens are sounding downstream of the dam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was a welcome change from Friday morning, when emergency officials issued a stark warning that the dam was about to fail entirely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRESIDENTS BELOW THE LAKE LURE DAM NEED TO EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY!!\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rcemergencymanagement\/posts\/pfbid02AhkmLwSWg8mhXvDGhE6iYX4zRBWLutB7msE4qLpiD6NXj36P1JCyjX6E7L7dASV6l\">the officials said<\/a>. \u201cDAM FAILURE IMMINENT!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The state Department of Environmental Quality likewise <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/hurricane-helene-tracker-maps-updates#00000192-348e-d582-a1b7-36bf53220000\">told the Associated Press<\/a> that there is no indication the dam is about to fail. <\/p>\n<p>At least 37 people were dead across multiple states as of Friday morning after Hurricane Helene crashed into Florida as a Category 4 storm, pounding the west coast with \u201cunsurvivable\u201d conditions before weakening as it moved inland.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/helenpacephotography\/posts\/pfbid027bzhFM9UadQzgLRQPFK81gANGYFpfriPg4J13uxEECY3tAF23zEfYtkvMEzFfue2l\">In another Facebook post<\/a>, local wedding and portrait photographer <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/helenpace.com\">Helen Pace<\/a>, who lives on the other side of Lake Lure from the dam, posted pictures of her badly damaged house and a road carved apart by floodwaters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-482ou5-2 eOHevC image align-none\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cpcmmN\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"2\" class=\"sc-482ou5-0 giGEkM\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/09\/27\/20\/461395603_1398900021048747_3424711908813805545_n.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/09\/27\/20\/461395603_1398900021048747_3424711908813805545_n.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2024\/09\/27\/20\/461395603_1398900021048747_3424711908813805545_n.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Floodwaters near Bat Cave around Lake Lure, North Carolian\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 iSVhwZ inline-gallery-btn\" on=\"tap:auto-image-gallery,inline-image-carousel.goToSlide(index=1)\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" data-gallery-length=\"2\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 hiCdLa liXvvg\">Floodwaters near Bat Cave around Lake Lure, North Carolian<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 izyooE\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Helen Pace<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are physically OK,\u201d she said. \u201cThe water has started to recede and I think we dodged the predicted winds&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not able to get out now, we have no power, no water, and cell service seems to be restricted. Sending my love to you all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Rutherford County evacuation orders named a total of 45 streets in two <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rcemergencymanagement\/posts\/pfbid02zqpa8LzdNjQWSUWxDz92bfvkW6poXwyNEydQYsUT4KfDwDdPR1pyNxXccTnGLyWYl\">separate<\/a> Facebook <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rcemergencymanagement\/posts\/pfbid0QpitTy6bx9t4WM8zUBjzNpVMCBkGLvtbhvssFGLRTpkBXuYPnpfZ28fvZDgfNHovl\">posts<\/a>. Officials said that storm shelters had been opened at Lake Lure Town Hall and Rutherfordtown Presbytarian Church.<\/p>\n<p>The Lure Dam was built in 1927 on the Broad River, about one hour\u2019s drive east of Asheville and two hours west of Charlotte.<\/p>\n<p>Lake Lure itself is best known nationally as a filming site for the 1987 film <em>Dirty Dancing<\/em>, which used it to stand in for upstate New York\u2019s Catskill Mountains.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/hurricane-helene-lake-lure-dam-failure-b2620208.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story Find out moreClose Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth. 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