Officials address 'government seizure' rumors about Chimney Rock after Helene
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Chimney Rock updates: Tourist village washed away. Here's what we know and what's next
There is little left of the tourist village of Chimney Rock after flood waters from Tropical Storm Helene swallowed it.
‘There’s nothing there’: The beloved town of Chimney Rock, N.C., is virtually gone
A popular tourist destination, it is now one of many communities that has been both utterly transformed and largely cut off from the outside world for days after Helene.
‘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 ...
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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 river is gone,” said Tracey Stevens, who worked at the Chimney Rock ...
'You want to cry': Hurricane Helene leaves Chimney Rock, Lake Lure heavily damaged
Chimney Rock and Lake Lure suffered some of the most severe damage from Helene. Rutherford County continues to take missing ...
Landmarks destroyed in Lake Lure
On the road from Chimney Rock to Lake Lure, years of work and care transformed an abandoned bridge into a garden oasis. Hurricane Helene wiped all that away.
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See photos, videos of flooding and damage in Chimney Rock, Lake Lure, NC
Chimney Rock and Lake Lure in western North Carolina appear to have been devastated by flooding after Hurricane Helene swept through the area. Census data from 2022 indicate 220 people live in ...