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Much of the debris flowed into the Lake Lure leaving the water murky brown, surrounded by damaged homes, and downed trees and power lines. ... North Carolina floods: Chimney Rock, NC flattened ...
The Rocky Broad River flows into Lake Lure and overflows the town with debris from Chimney Rock, North Carolina on Sept. 28, 2024. Getty Images Trees and other debris gather on roadways in Chimney ...
Looking out across Lake Lure, Tariq Bokhari described the storm as a “blender” taking out anything in its path, with its usually idyllic waters filled with debris.
Chimney Rock is a village in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. [1] The population was 140 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] The village took its name from a large gneiss outcrop located on a summit above the village itself in Chimney Rock State Park .
This company funded dam construction on the Broad River which produced the lake after which the town is named. [3] The dam took two years to build and Lake Lure was finally impounded and filled by 1927. [4] At ordinary water levels, Lake Lure covers approximately 720 acres (2.9 km 2) and has a shoreline of approximately 27 miles (43 km). [4]
The town manager approves lowering the lake by more than that amount, it notes. Workers use three flood gates to release excess water, but once the lake reaches 992.6 inches, the dam overflows ...
Lake Toxaway is the largest privately held lake in North Carolina. The lake, developed by the Lake Toxaway Company, is man-made and covers 640 acres (2.6 km 2) 60 feet (18 m), and the shoreline is 14 miles (23 km). Water sources for the lake include multiple free-flowing mountain streams with the Toxaway River being the main source. The lake ...
In Chimney Rock, photos show the once-idyllic village covered in mud and debris, with about half of the businesses on the southern side of the town near Broad River gone from the massive flooding.