North Carolina - "THE LAKE LURE DAM! DAM FAILURE IMMINENT! RSIDENTS BELOW THE DAM NEED TO EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY!" (twitter/NWSGSP)



Lake Lure Dam is located in Rutherford County, North Carolina.

Rutherford County Sheriff, Fire and EMS
https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/31838

12:00 PM CT I overheard an emergency worker say they would not drive their vehicles into a specific area because there was a mandatory evacuation order.

12:02 PM people trapped in second story attic.

12:04 PM Emergency workers are going through neighborhoods making sure people are evacuated below the dam.

12:16 PM Phone lines are not working.

12:17 PM Eldery woman in her 90s stuck in her house in Hendersonville, NC with water up to her waist?

1:11 PM Another call describes a person in their residence in waist-high water.

1:20 PM Emergency workers could not get to house because power lines were down in the driveway.