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Two bodies recovered from Lake Wateree
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources divers recovered two drowning victims from Lake Wateree on Sunday.
Why this Charlotte-area community flooded during Helene — and could be submerged again
When Duke Energy opened Cowans Ford Dam’s floodgates, Mountain Island Lake experienced nearly 8 feet of flooding despite the ...
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Why this Charlotte-area community flooded during Helene — and could be submerged again
Efforts to upgrade floodgates like Duke did at Lake Wateree in South Carolina are expensive, Jones said. “Those same kinds of investments have not been made at the Mountain Island dam ...
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Why this Charlotte-area community flooded during Helene — and could be submerged again
When Duke Energy opened Cowans Ford Dam’s floodgates ... with the exception of Lake Wateree, has never risen to the top.” Flooding is unavoidable when forecasts aren’t accurate enough ...
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‘There were chilling screams’: Witnesses recount S.C. drownings
LAKE WATEREE, S.C. (WIS ... Resources were called for a drowning in the Tail Race just under the Wateree Dam. The two men who lost their lives that day jumped into the rushing water to save ...