When Duke Energy opened four floodgates at Cowans Ford Dam last fall, it made headlines. On that September day, water surged ...

While the damage left lasting scars, new insight from Duke Energy is shedding light on the behind-the-scenes decisions that led to the water rising into people’s homes — and why some flooding, ...

When Duke Energy opened Cowans Ford Dam’s floodgates, Mountain Island Lake experienced nearly 8 feet of flooding despite ... of Helene’s landfall in North Carolina, Duke worked to draw down ...