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As we prepare the reservoir system for the forecasted heavy rainfall, all 9 dams on the Tennessee River are releasing water over their spillway gates and generating with all available units. The tremendous force of water released from dams can kill. Keep your boat a safe distance away at all times - no fish is worth losing your life. Stay out of the danger zone! 🚨 Find more boater safety tips: http://tva.me/eWlm50DK2wo | Tennessee Valley Authority

We continue above normal releases at all nine Tennessee River dams and many tributary dams to recover flood storage and bring lakes back down to normal levels. Rainfall for the month of May finished at 183 percent of normal and runoff at 137 percent. Many of our rain gauges in Western North Carolina accumulated around 20 inches of rainfall during May with Highlands, NC receiving 23 inches! Cool 360-degree video of Chickamauga Dam. Chickamauga flows would normally be around 13,000 cubic feet per