Smoky Mountains

East Tennessee was the site of several particularly dramatic events: the 50 residents rescued from the rooftop of a hospital in Unicoi County, where dozens of people in the Latino-populated community are still missing; the floodwaters that surrounded an Impact Plastics plant in Erwin, which trapped and killed an unidentified number of employees, leaving still more unaccounted for; the swelling of various streams in the Smoky Mountains; and the collapse of multiple state bridges.

Roads and campgrounds in Great Smoky Mountains National Park were closed to visitors ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday as hurricane-force winds swept through eastern Tennessee, park administrators said.

This includes the National Park Service, which issued a campfire ban throughout the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Snuggled in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, Parton’s vacation destination first opened its gates in May 1986.

Leen is offering a $10,000 reward for an original print from Wind Cave or Great Smoky Mountains, with a promise to donate them to the National Park Service archives.