Chimney Rock continues rebuilding after Helene [Video]

It has been three weeks since Helene brought devastating flooding to the village of Chimney Rock, which turned parts of the village into a desolate landscape.Front loaders could be seen scraping Main Street and volunteers helping rebuild what they can on Friday, three weeks after the storm passed through the area.”It’s always heartbreaking to see the devastation because I still remember obviously what it looked like just a few weeks ago, and now, that’s completely changed,” Mayor Peter O’Leary said. “It’s just, it’s very hard to imagine. I mean, this area here, you had six businesses that are no longer here.”O’Leary said all of the businesses inside of the village are closed due to Helene. The storm’s flooding wiped out bridges and roads, left debris scattered across the Rocky Broad River and left some businesses damaged beyond repair.”To imagine that river was literally over our heads at this point, that …