East Tennessee floods: Everything to know, from rescues to recovery to Helene resources
Knox News reporters and photographers have been scattered around rural parts of East Tennessee for the past two weeks. Our ...
What to know about Impact Plastics, the company whose employees died in Tennessee floods
Impact Plastics employees have said management wouldn't allow them to leave the Erwin, Tennessee, factory during Helene ...
New video shows final moments of supervisor killed in Impact Plastics flooding
The video was taken in the bed of an 18-wheeler truck before Hurricane Helene floodwaters flipped that truck over. Alexa said ...
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When hurricanes hit, flooded industrial sites and chemical releases are a silent, toxic threat
Hundreds of industrial facilities with toxic pollutants are in Hurricane Milton’s path as it heads toward Florida, less than ...
How two factories near Impact Plastics in Erwin made sure their employees survived deadly flood
Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the time when employees of Impact Plastics in Erwin, Tennessee, were allowed to leave. The correct time is 10:50 a.m., one hour later ...
Fifth employee of Impact Plastics killed in Erwin flood identified. One is still missing
Barnett worked as a custodian at Impact Plastics and was one of the employees stuck on a flatbed semitruck when it overturned ...
Tennessee has not received a report that Impact Plastics employees died on the job. Why?
"To our knowledge, no one perished while on company property," said Gerald O’Connor, founder and president of Impact Plastics ...
Bodies of 5 of 6 Impact Plastics employees swept away by flood recovered
The bodies of five of the six Impact Plastics employees that were swept away by floodwaters caused by Helene last month have ...
Impact Plastics investigated by state before for safety violations
The law firm now representing the owner of Impact Plastics, Gerald O’Connor, said it is important everyone knows the facts about what happened. That is what the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) ...
Helene by the numbers: How much rain fell in Tennessee? How high did rivers crest? How many died?
Due to the excessive rainfall, Tennessee's rivers swelled on Sept 27. Newport, Tennessee saw the highest river levels, ...
Fourth employee of Impact Plastics found dead after floods devastate Erwin, Tennessee
The body of Lidia Verdugo has been recovered in a search for missing employees of Impact Plastics in Erwin, Tennessee.