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Local authorities in southern US state North Carolina on Wednesday canceled evacuations in an area south of the Lake Tahoma dam, which had been in "imminent danger" of failing after a landslide as a result of subtropical storm Alberto hitting East Coast on Memorial Day.

Local officials said Wednesday morning that an engineer had performed a safety inspection and determined that the evacuation order was no longer needed.

After midnight Tuesday, the National Weather Service had declared a flash flood emergency in the area due to heavy rainfall.

McDowell County Emergency Management said some 2,000 people from campgrounds and residential communities near the dam and lake had evacuated, with roughly 200 at shelters, according to a CBS News report. 

Five people suffered from minor injuries during water rescues as creeks and streams overflowed their banks and rockslides closed roads, said the report.

Lake Tahoma is a private lake in the mountains of Western North Carolina, located in McDowell County.