‘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 ...
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Chimney Rock "Starting From Zero" After Town Swept Into Nearby Lake Lure By Hurricane Helene
It's going to take years to recover." Chimney Rock, the tiny town roughly 25 miles southeast of Asheville that’s home to the ...
‘There’s just nothing left.’ Helene wipes out Chimney Rock’s Main Street
Tracy Stevens had left her house in Chimney Rock Thursday night and gotten a room at the Lake Lure Inn, which had a generator ...
Symbol of hope: American flag raised at Chimney Rock as western NC faces unimaginable challenges
In the wake of Storm Helene's devastating flooding in North Carolina, recovery efforts are underway across the region. As ...
Helene's flooding flattens Chimney Rock, NC: 'Everything along the river is gone'
Search and rescue workers were fanning through the small town of Chimney Rock east of Asheville Monday after it was almost ...
Watch western NC rivers on live web cams as Helene moves through the state
Potentially catastrophic rainfall is predicted for the southern Appalachians. Watch rivers rise on these USGS webcams.
Chimney Rock business district washed away by Hurricane Helene
Gale's Chimney Rock Shop, a souvenir shop, stood in downtown Chimney Rock since 1947. While the building survived the rush of Hurricane Helene, "inside is a disaster." ...
Picturesque North Carolina mountain town destroyed by Hurricane Helene as death toll surpasses 100: ‘There’s just nothing left’
Heartbreaking images show how a picturesque North Carolina mountain village was all but wiped off the map by Hurricane Helene — with one local mourning, “What was once a town is now a ...
‘Damage is unimaginable’ in Chimney Rock after images show half of village wiped out
Chimney Rock is along U.S. 64 hugging the Broad River in Rutherford County. Lake Lure is located just east of Chimney Rock ...
WATCH NOW: Aerials show damages in Chimney Rock following Helene
Chimney Rock in Rutherford County saw extensive damage from Helene. The Broad River's force caused a washout for nearly ...
Stranded residents near Chimney Rock, North Carolina hike to safety
Residents near Lake Lure banded together and faced dangerous conditions from Helene's deadly flooding to make it to the evacuation point in Chimney Rock, North Carolina. This video taken over the ...
Asheville flooding map: See where rainfall hit, leading to deadly floods in Western North Carolina
This map shows rainfall from Helene and in the days preceding the storm that combined to create disastrous flooding.