The Mayor is ordering the town of Newport, TN to evacuate IMMEDIATELY, as it’s directly downstream from the dam. This is incredibly dangerous, and could very easily take out the entire town if ...

At 2:56 p.m., Mathis said that the Waterville Dam suffered a catastrophic failure and ordered all of downtown Newport to evacuate. At 3:24 p.m., he officially declared a State of Emergency for ...

At 2:56 p.m., Mathis said that the Waterville Dam, ... please go to either of our emergency shelters located at the Newport Community Center at 426 Cosby Highway Newport TN, ...

Officials in Cocke County urged all of downtown Newport to evacuate immediately just after 3 p.m. Sept. 27 following reports that a North Carolina dam had "suffered a catastrophic failure," though ...

In a following update to Facebook, nearly 3 hours later, Mathis said the dam had been "breached, but not catastrophic as of last report." "This news has bought us some time. The evacuation is ...

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.

Officials in Cocke County urged all of downtown Newport to evacuate immediately just after 3 p.m. Sept. 27 following reports that a North Carolina dam had "suffered a catastrophic failure," though ...

Mathis couldn’t immediately be reached for comment for this story. Record-setting high water. By 6 p.m., the Pigeon River at Newport reached a gauge height of 28.85 feet, nearly 5.5 feet over ...

Newport, Tennessee, Suffers Flooding. Cocke County — which includes Newport — issued a state of emergency shortly after the mayor announced the dam had broken.