Helene demolished a once-bustling North Carolina lake town
How Helene demolished a once-bustling North Carolina lake town
Once a place of both vast and intimate beauty, a lake community is now a repository of wreckage and fading hopes.
North Carolina official reveals shocking damage to tourist town: 'All of it was washed into the lake'
One North Carolina GOP national committeeman, whose family has lived on Lake Lure for generations, recounts how the tourist town of Chimney Rock has been devastated.
‘Post-apocalyptic’: Debris from destroyed town fills lake in North Carolina
Video filmed by Charlotte City Council member Tariq Bokhari shows a “post apocalyptic” scene in Lake Lure, North Carolina after floods caused by Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on the area.
North Carolina Lake Lure Dam Failure Update: People Must Leave Immediately
A North Carolina dam failure is imminent after water levels at the Broad River rose 10 feet in only a few hours from Hurricane Helene.
Lake Lure Dam could fail in North Carolina
Residents below Lake Lure dam have been warned that it could fail this afternoon. The town and dam are between Asheville and Greenville, SC. The Broad River is swollen from the remnants of Hurricane Helene which passed to the south today.
Lake Lure filled with debris from storm in North Carolina
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Stunning Video Shows North Carolina Lake Packed With Ruins Of Nearby Village After Storm
The scene from Lake Lure was described as "post-apocalyptic” and the result of “a moving blender that was just tearing through everything in its path.”
Asheville, Lake Lure areas in North Carolina weathered and damaged
Residents walk the roads of a battered western North Carolina, surveying the devastation wrought by Helene Yahoo Sports
Floating debris engulfs North Carolina's Lake Lure in wake of Helene
Lake Lure was covered with floating debris from homes and businesses washed away by mountain streams that surround the lake. Video credit: City Councilman Tariq Bokhari
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Chimney Rock, Lake Lure residents seek info on friends, family after Helene: 'Once a town is now a river'
Residents in the neighboring resort town of Lake Lure said Chimney Rock was largely flattened. “Everything along the ...
‘There’s nothing there’: The beloved town of Chimney Rock, N.C., is virtually gone
Lake Lure, a popular tourist destination, is now one of many communities that has been both utterly transformed and largely ...
Lake Lure Dam in Western NC stable after imminent failure warning; emergency repairs begin
The Lake Lure Dam, which was feared doomed to collapse on Friday, is stable and emergency repairs are set to begin.
Emergency responders and firefighters continue rescue efforts in Lake Lure
Lake Lure has received additional help from the U.S. Coast Guard. Cell service and internet access in the town have improved.
Lake Lure Dam no longer at imminent risk of failure, officials say
The Lake Lure Dam is no longer at an imminent risk of failure, emergency management officials in Rutherford County posted on ...
NC officials detect damage to Lake Lure dam after emergency evacuation of people nearby
The nearly 100-year-old dam suffered damage to its structural supports but was still holding Friday afternoon, officials said ...
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Chimney Rock, NC, Wiped out by Historic Flooding
And then worse than the worst happened, as a wall of water came rushing down the Broad River, wiping out most of the ...
PHOTOS: At least 65 dead in Hurricane Helene aftermath
Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 storm on Thursday night, Sept. 26, 2024, in Florida’s Big Bend region. At ...