Despite the widespread damage, Chimney Rock State Park workers made their way to the top to raise the American flag in Helene’s wake.

Days after flooding devastated areas of Chimney Rock, North Carolina, residents are returning to see the new unimaginable.

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

Chimney Rock’s gone. Flowering Bridge is gone,” Banff is heard saying while filming the devastation. “I’m not sure what they’re going to do to get us out of here.”