TVA has prevented $8.1 billion in flood damages to date in Chattanooga.” The key to flood damage reduction has been to “store water in the mountain dams, like the Norris, Douglas and Cherokee dams, ...

Worst-case flood risk has TVA weighing higher dams. December 3, 2012 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated January 1, 1904 at 1:00 a.m.

TVA is using its sophisticated system to make sure the damage doesn't get out of control. "We're here 24/7," River Forecast Center Manager James Everett said. Even when the waters rise in ...

TVA’s energy aspect has even more moving parts with nuclear, coal and natural gas plants, wind farms and solar suppliers among the other players that are called into play to keep the power flowing.

Last month ranks as the wettest February ever recorded in the Tennessee Valley. Without TVA's dams and reservoirs, the damage also could have been record-setting.

TVA's reservoirs function both as storage for water and like batteries for hydroelectric dams. Daniel Dassow is a growth and development reporter focused on technology and energy. Phone 423-637-0878.

The TVA’s dams were feats of engineering, rising like concrete mountains in the middle of peaceful valleys. Norris Dam, completed in 1936, was the first—a symbol of hope and controversy.

In all, TVA operates 49 dams along the river system. Five of those dams are located in the Tri-Cities area. Those include the South Holston, Watauga, Wilber, Boone and Fort Patrick Henry dams.

CHATTANOOGA — The Tennessee Valley Authority has opened flood gates on all of its nine mainstream dams on the Tennessee River and is holding back water in its upstream storage reservoirs.

The TVA said on Wednesday that it was spilling […] LENOIR CITY, Tenn. (WATE) – With days of rain across East Tennessee and more on the way, the Tennessee Valley Authority is working to ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority says it will release water from two dams to help with navigation on the Mississippi River, but it’s not likely to have much of an impact in the ...