Among the communities affected by Hurricane Helen is the village of Chimney Rock, North Carolina, which was said to have been “washed away.”
Evan Donovan, news anchor for WSOC-TV in Charlotte, in the X Thread Posted Photos and videos depicting the damage to the “tourist city.”
“The walls of the houses across the water in Chimney Rock Village are completely peeling off,” Donovan said. I wrote In another post. “Some people look like they're about to fall into the water.”
Chimney Rock Village is located near Lake Lure. movie like dirty dancing Photographed. As of 2022, the town's population will exceed 200 people. According to to census data.
As of 2022, Lake Lure's population is over 1,570 people. According to to census data.
Ed Broyhill has a house on the lake. explained Everything in the town was “washed away into the lake,” Fox News reported.
“The saddest thing in the world is that so many people make a living from tourism,” Broyhill told the magazine. “There was everything from hotels, motels, restaurants, nice stores, souvenir shops, clothing stores, and it was all washed away. Every part, everything was washed into the lake. .”
According to the newspaper, Broyhill estimates that rebuilding the tourist city “will take at least a year.”
As of Monday night, approximately 376,577 customers were still without power in Western North Carolina. According to Go to poweroutage.us.
