Search and rescue workers were fanning through the small town of Chimney Rock east of Asheville early Monday after it was almost entirely wiped out.

A week after Hurricane Helene pummeled the Southeast, leaving at least 180 people dead and millions without power, the scope of the devastation continues to emerge. The storm decimated Chimney Rock, N.

Tracy Stevens had left her house in Chimney Rock Thursday night and gotten a room at the Lake Lure Inn, which had a generator and was staying open through the storm. The two towns, both popular tourist destinations, are walking distance to one another, joined by a bridge across the Broad River in the mountains of Rutherford County.