‘This is so much worse than we could have imagined’: Community still reeling from Hurricane Helene’s devastation

The massive storm swept through the Carolinas on Friday, Sept. 27, devastating the small town of Chimney Rock.

/Gray News) - The tiny village of Chimney Rock in North Carolina , known for its large granite outcropping more than anything else, witnessed catastrophic damage from Hurricane Helene .

O’Leary said he has lived in the town for 34 years. He said he estimates about 40 businesses were lost along with 20 homes. Broad River itself came so far out of its banks that it ripped a section of Main Street that connects the town to the unincorporated community of Bat Cave and pulled it into the water.

The Department of Transportation spent days clearing debris off Main Street and moving boulders back into place so they could reroute the river back to where it originally was.

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