Experts say Hurricane Helene’s flooding has permanently reshaped the Nolichucky River’s structure and flow. The storm also ...

TVA does not control flooding on the Nolichucky River until it empties into Douglas Lake. The Nolichucky Dam is a "run-of-the-river" dam, meaning it does not provide water storage to control flooding.

Flooding from Hurricane Helene essentially wiped out CSX rail’s line through the Nolichucky River Gorge, and the company ...

Upstream flooding in communities like the town of Erwin in Unicoi County was so extreme that it knocked out river gauges that ...