The January 2013 Southeastern United States floods occurred from January 14 to 17 and resulted in mudslides and washouts throughout the southern
Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, (french: Appalaches), are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. They ...
region.
Roads closed
At the height of the flooding, 50 roads were declared impassable in
Greene County, Tennessee
Greene County is a county located on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 70,152. Its county seat is Greeneville. Greene County comprises the Greeneville, TN Micropolitan Statistical Are ...
alone. A similar storm system brought more flooding rain to the region from January 27 to 31.
Closure of U.S. Route 441
As a result of the heavy rainfall, a January 16
landslide
Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated grade (slope), slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of ...
claimed a 200-feet section of
U.S. Route 441 (known locally as "Newfound Gap Road") in
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park is an American national park in the southeastern United States, with parts in North Carolina and Tennessee. The park straddles the ridgeline of the Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains, whi ...
in
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
. The road, which crosses
Newfound Gap
Newfound Gap (el. ) is a mountain pass located near the center of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park of the southern Appalachian Mountains in the United States of America. Situated along the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, the state l ...
at the
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
state line, was closed until April 15.
See also
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2009 Southeastern United States floods
The September 2009 Southeastern United States floods were a group of floods that affected several counties throughout northern Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas. The worst flooding occurred across the Atlanta metropolitan area ...
, which caused major
rockslide
A rockslide is a type of landslide caused by rock failure in which part of the bedding plane of failure passes through compacted rock and material collapses ''en masse'' and not in individual blocks. Note that a rockslide is similar to an avalanc ...
s in the southern Appalachians
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July 2013 Southeastern United States floods
The 2013 Southeastern United States floods were ongoing flooding across the southeastern U.S. Flash floods began on the morning of July 2 and continued through Independence Day and into the next day. The hardest-hit areas as of Friday afternoon ...
References
External links
Video report on the Newfound Gap Road landslide, from the Knoxville News SentinelVideo report on the Newfound Gap Road landslide, from WLOS-TV AshevilleVideo report on the Newfound Gap Road landslide, from the Asheville Citizen-TimesVideo report on the Newfound Gap Road landslide repair work, from WLOSVideo report on the reopening of Newfound Gap Road, from WLOSVideo report on the flooding in Johnson County, Tennessee, from local news WYMT-TVAmateur video of the flooding and its impacts in Johnson County, Tennessee
2013 floods in the United States
2013 in Alabama
2013 in Georgia (U.S. state)
2013 in Kentucky
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2013 in Tennessee
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Great Smoky Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
2013 Southeastern United States floods
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