Hurricane Helene: Horrifying video shows Chimney Rock area completely destroyed, ‘Incomprehensible devastation’

Horrifying footage shows the Chimney Rock region, located just southeast of Ashville, utterly decimated by Hurricane Helene. Residents in western North Carolina are experiencing the storm’s horrifying destruction. “Went to help in the Lake Lure/Chimney Rock area today, and it’s hard to describe – never seen anything like this,” X user Tariq Scott Bokhari commented, sharing a video of Chimney Rock’s aftermath flooding. After the end of the world. It’s so overwhelming you don’t even know how to grasp what healing looks like, let alone where to start. There will be a lengthy road to recovery, requiring the participation of all stakeholders.

In the video’s comments section, a number of people voiced their surprise. One person said, “My daughter-in-laws grandparents owned a Chimney Rock restaurant 1952-56.” The building was probably still there last year, according to a cousin. One person commented, “Wow, they will need barges to haul the debris away,” while another added, “it’s only going to get worse with global warming.”

Some users said, “My Volkswagen Van broke down and some locals helped me fix it with parts from their car boneyard, nicest people that I have ever met,” while another remarked, “It is heartbreaking, to see the devastation in these places that just a few days so many people called home.” My thoughts and prayers are with the residents who were impacted by this.

I’ve been residing in North Carolina for the past six years, a user stated. The lovely villages of Asheville and Chimney Rock, North Carolina, have never experienced anything like this, in my opinion. There has never been such destruction. All necessary assistance ought to be provided to them. May God grant them a speedy recovery! Unfathomable destruction was expressed by another. I have no idea how they are feeling. Really depressing.  At least 91 individuals have lost their lives as a result of Hurricane Helene, and that figure is likely higher. It was predicted by the National Weather Service that after the disastrous flooding over the previous two days, circumstances will “continue to improve today.”