Douglas Lake was filled with debris after Hurricane Helene came through East Tennessee, but a year later, the cleanup process is complete. The Tennessee Valley Authority headed up the cleanup efforts ...

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It’s been nearly been one year since Hurricane Helene brought heavy downpours to East Tennessee. Now, the Tennessee Valley Authority is recounting the cleanup efforts that took place on Douglas Lake ...

The Douglas Dam mitigated catastrophic flooding in parts of East Tennessee during Hurricane Helene. The Tennessee Valley Authority had lowered lake levels in preparation for the storm, creating more ...

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DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — Douglas Lake in Jefferson County spans more than 28,000 acres and offers visitors and residents more than 513 miles of shoreline. Along the shore, tucked away in one of the ...

DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — Dozens of people came to the Field of Dreams Activity Center in Dandridge to figure out what some government agencies are doing to help clean Douglas Lake following Hurricane ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — Along the banks of Douglas Lake, there are old tires, empty beer bottles and a child's snorkel among at least 500,000 cubic yards of debris after Hurricane Helene hit East ...

About 3,000 tons of manmade debris from the storm washed into Douglas Lake, along with 177,000 cubic yards of vegetation. TVA and contract crews finished clearing it earlier this summer. At a dam in ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — Efforts to clean up debris at Douglas Lake are in motion, but officials warn it will take time. Scott Turnbow, the Tennessee Valley Authority's vice president of civil ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Officials recovered the body of a Sevierville man from Douglas Lake after receiving reports of a drowning. Around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Yoser G. Rojas Valverde, 44, ...

DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — This week, Dandridge leaders approved a $89,000 construction bid that will launch a brand new greenway walking trail project along Douglas Lake. The greenway walking trail is ...