Rutherford County in western North Carolina this week debunked two false rumors spreading in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
“We are aware of several false reports circulating on social media on the situation in Chimney Rock. We want to address these rumors directly to ensure the public has accurate information,” Rutherford County Emergency Management said in a statement posted on social media of the mountain town devastated by the powerful remnants of the hurricane.
The agency said rumors of a “special meeting” held to discuss federal, state or local governments seizing Chimney Rock, North Carolina, following severe hurricane damage, were “entirely false.”
Chimney Rock, which is around 20 miles southeast of Asheville, North Carolina, has suffered extensive damage in the wake of the storm, however.
“Everything along the river is gone,” Tracy Stevens of the destroyed Chimney Rock Brewing Co. told the Asheville Citizen-Times.…