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[9] [10] Farther upstream the water levels reached unprecedented levels. Part of Interstate 40 collapsed into the river gorge because of the force of the floodwaters. This began when trees on the hill beside the highway fell in the river, followed by the soil the trees had held in place. The shoulder gave way, and a guardrail ended up just ...
Rain has forced the closure of Interstate 40 East in Cocke County at exit 432 as high water from the Pigeon River threatens to overflow onto the interstate, said Tennessee Department of ...
Three Haywood County creeks and part of the popular Pigeon River were given the go-ahead for recreation after a 2,000-gallon fuel spill May 25. These Western NC river and creeks cleared for ...
The same river that for decades has provided a livelihood to residents of Hartford, Tennessee, overflowed Sept. 27 and embarked on a path of destruction that decimated a tight-knit community of ...
The Little Pigeon River is a river located entirely within Sevier County, Tennessee. It rises from a series of streams which flow together on the dividing ridge between the states of Tennessee and North Carolina, with most of the flow from inside the boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The river has three main forks or prongs ...
The Pigeon River forms part of the Canada–United States border between the state of Minnesota and the province of Ontario, west of Lake Superior. In pre-industrial times, the river was a waterway of great importance for transportation and the fur trade .
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg toured Western North Carolina for the first time since the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused historic flooding in the region.
Fahrenheit proposed his temperature scale in 1724, basing it on two reference points of temperature. In his initial scale (which is not the final Fahrenheit scale), the zero point was determined by placing the thermometer in "a mixture of ice , water, and salis Armoniaci [ note 1 ] [transl. ammonium chloride ] or even sea salt". [ 11 ]