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Extreme Heat and Excessive Rainfall This Week

A significant heat wave continues for the Rockies, Northern Plains, and Great Lakes into the Mid-Atlantic, peaking in intensity through midweek and lingering across parts of the Northern Plains and Midwest until this weekend. Excessive rainfall my bring life-threatening and locally catastrophic flash and urban flooding across portions of southwestern Texas through early Friday. Read More >

Pictures of the Nolichucky River at Embreeville, Tennessee



The view upstream from the bridge overpass
The view upstream from the bridge overpass. The river gage is on private property, just out of sight to the lower right. This river starts in the mountains of northwest North Carolina, at the confluence of the North Toe River and the Cane River, near the town of Huntdale.


The view downstream from the bridge overpass
The view downstream from the bridge overpass.


The Nolichucky Valley looking roughly southwest
The Nolichucky Valley looking roughly southwest.