Lake Lure, a popular tourist destination, is now one of many communities that has been both utterly transformed and largely cut off from the outside world for days after Helene.

Once a place of both vast and intimate beauty, a lake community is now a repository of wreckage and fading hopes.

Authorities have struggled to get supplies to isolated areas, including the city of Asheville, after the storm flooded parts ...

Authorities have struggled to get supplies to isolated areas, including the city of Asheville, after the storm flooded parts ...

Officials warned that rebuilding from the widespread loss of homes and property would be lengthy and difficult.