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.
‘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 ...
‘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 ...
As dams hold back water from Helene, how many in NC are at risk of failing?
When Tropical Storm Helene brought massive rainfall to western North Carolina, it highlighted just how dangerous dam failures can be.
Hurricane Helene: Death toll reaches 143 as desperation grows to find hundreds still missing
Death toll reaches 140 as desperation grows to find hundreds still missing - Death toll continues to climb with at least 140 ...
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 ...
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A count in progress: Helene damage to North Carolina, by the numbers
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Rescue workers searched for survivors in the mountains of western North Carolina on Tuesday, trying to contact and deliver aid to hundreds of people cut off by washed-out roads, felled power lines ...