Chimney Rock — a tiny tourist town of 140 people just east of Asheville — was reduced to nothing more than mounds of brown sludge and washed-away roadways that hampered rescue efforts. Crews...

Oct 5, 2024 · Nearly 400 miles from where Hurricane Helene made landfall, the North Carolina mountain hamlet of Chimney Rock Village has been all but wiped off the map.

By midday Sunday, Dancy and Shaw were shin-deep in the mud that covered the front yard and inside their small home on North Avenue in Swannanoa, trying to salvage part of his large record ...

Sep 30, 2024 · Chimney Rock, the tiny town roughly 25 miles southeast of Asheville that’s home to the iconic Chimney Rock State Park, was nearly wiped off the map by flooding caused by Hurricane Helene. Experts are calling it the hardest-hit spot in a region where destruction stretches for hundreds of miles.

Sep 29, 2024 · Townspeople and visitors awoke Friday morning after a restless night to more of what they had seen the day before: tree branches falling in heavy rain and wind as the remains of what became...

Oct 1, 2024 · Lake Lure, North Carolina is among the most decimated towns across the state. Debris covered the town as recently as Monday with boats, docks, and tree trunks among the items scattered...

Sep 29, 2024 · CHIMNEY ROCK, N.C. (WNCN) — Much of the village of Chimney Rock has been wiped out by massive flooding from Helene, according to reports from the village. “The damage is unimaginable,” rescue crews from Pamlico County said in a social media post, along with photos. Chimney Rock is along U.S. 64 hugging the Broad River in Rutherford County.

Sep 28, 2024 · The flooding from Helene has caused catastrophic damage to the town of Chimney Rock, North Carolina. Mayor Peter O'Leary says recovery will be a long process. Officials have been working to rescue people from the town, but due to the flooding, roads in North Carolina are impassable.

Oct 6, 2024 · Mountainside North Carolina towns have been “forever changed” and cut off from the world by the wrath of Hurricane Helene — with residents calling the destruction “absolutely overwhelming.”

Sep 30, 2024 · Chimney Rock — a tiny tourist town of 140 people just east of Asheville — was reduced to nothing more than mounds of brown sludge and washed-away roadways that hampered rescue efforts. Crews...