Published October 4, 2024 12:37pm EDT
Aerial view of debris in Douglas Lake.
One-mile-long floating barrier installed in East Tennessee lake to catch Helene flood debris
Douglas Lake is a reservoir spanning over 28,000 acres that formed when the Douglas Dam was built on the French Broad River in East Tennessee, according to the TVA.
By Angeli Gabriel Source FOX Weather
The Tennessee Valley Authority is installing a one-mile-long boom in the middle of Douglas Lake to collect flood debris that was washed into the lake by Hurricane Helene.
Located at the foot of the Great Smoky Mountains, Douglas Lake recently became the watershed for Helene floodwaters that poured down the mountains.
This has led to the lake filling with floating and submerged debris that became caught in the floods, which TVA officials hope to capture with the boom.
"This work will contain the debris until we can work with our partners to remove it from the lake," they said.
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