Few people in Mecklenburg County suffered more from Hurricane Helene than residents whose homes border the Catwaba River south of Mountain Island Lake. Floodwater there covered streets. It gushed ...
Mountain Island Lake rose to more than 107 feet as ... the current situation with flood gates open at the Cowans Ford Dam on Lake Norman. “Those gates are designed to lower water levels in ...
Faced with Helene’s deluge, Duke Energy coped by opening a dam. But excess water drowned a community, which could put Duke in ...