A North Carolina dam failure is imminent after water levels at the Broad River rose 10 feet in only a few hours from Hurricane Helene.
Some North Carolina cities were forecasted to receive 10 times their monthly rainfall amount.
The emergency flash flood warning issued by the NWS says that at least 3,000 people are at risk of emergency flooding downstream of the Broad River and Lake Lure Dam
This is in additional to the flash flood warnings happening all over the state.