RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — Lake Lure water levels are slowly receding after a mandatory evacuation was announced for residents below the dam in low-lying flood-prone areas.
Mass notification sirens have been activated, according to the Town of Lake Lure. A secondary shelter has been set up Friday at the Rutherfordton Presbyterian Church located at 252 N. Washington St. in Rutherfordton.
“The flow rate has been controlled, and there is no immediate danger,” Rutherford County Emergency Management officials said Friday night…