Rescue crews helped save more than 150 people in Chimney Rock by Saturday night. It's unclear how many others are missing.

Lake Lure was covered with floating debris from homes and businesses washed away by mountain streams that surround the lake.

Across the Southeast, more than 44 people have died from Hurricane Helene. Eighteen of those deaths are in the Upstate of South Carolina.

Lake Lure has received additional help from the U.S. Coast Guard. Cell service and internet access in the town have improved.

It looks like a bomb went off,’ Georgia Governor Brian Kemp said of his state, as deaths have now been reported in North ...

This map shows rainfall from Helene and in the days preceding the storm that combined to create disastrous flooding.

A crisis unfolds in flood-stricken western North Carolina; Lake Lure filled with debris Jason Ploeger recounts the moment he ...

The U.S. Forest Service drained Crystal Lake in April, citing dam issues and concern for public safety. The move left locals flummoxed.

The nearly 100-year-old dam suffered damage to its structural supports but was still holding Friday afternoon, officials said ...

Tracy Stevens had left her house in Chimney Rock Thursday night and gotten a room at the Lake Lure Inn, which had a generator ...

With so many roads out and power and internet connections down, a full accounting of the damage done is a work in progress.

The Lake Lure Dam, which was feared doomed to collapse on Friday, is stable and emergency repairs are set to begin.