LAKE LURE, N.C. (WTVD) -- Lake Lure is one of the many towns in western North Carolina heavily damaged by Hurricane Helene. Lake Lure is a small lake town located about 30 miles east of Asheville.
Lake Lure is also a popular filming location for big-budget films. Dirty Dancing (1987), The Last of the Mohicans (1992), and Firestarter (1984) are some of the movies filmed in Lake Lure or nearby ...
Emergency crews and residents scrambled Friday as Helene — the hurricane downgraded to a tropical storm — overwhelmed the LakeLure dam in western NorthCarolina, causing damage and erosion ...