MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. -- The Lake Tahoma Dam in McDowell County is safe, according to officials. 

• The area around Lake Tahoma Dam was hit with a mandatory evacuation.
• Officials say that the area is now safe.
• A landslide earlier shut down I-40. 

Emergency managers say that engineers inspected the dam Wednesday morning.

It was earlier thought that the dam was compromised, and a mandatory evacuation order was issued for the surrounding area. 

The Flash Flood Emergency has been lifted for the area, but a Flash Flood Warning will continue through midday Wednesday. The warnings may be extended later in the day with possible flooding around Lake James in Burke and McDowell counties.

A mandatory evacuation order had been place for all McDowell County residents living below Lake Tahoma.

A landslide in the county shut down I-40 in both directions. The interstate has since reopened.