At 2:56 p.m., Mathis said that the Waterville Dam suffered a catastrophic failure and ordered all of downtown ... at the Newport Community Center at 426 Cosby Highway Newport TN, or Liberty ...
People traveling between Tennessee and North Carolina are being diverted through downtown Newport, leaving businesses with fewer customers.
“EVACUATION ALL OF DOWNTOWN NEWPORT IMMEDIATELY ... has weakened to a tropical storm and is currently over far eastern TN,” ...