On the website of the Mountain River Family Campground, old customers and total strangers began reserving campsites, leaving comments like, "I know we can't come."

Following the passing of Hurricane Helene and the devastation it left in North Carolina, swarms of yellow jackets have been reported as their habitats were likely destroyed.

Flooding in North Carolina as a result of Hurricane Helene has stirred up yellow jacket colonies. Health officials said they have purchased Benadryl and EpiPens.

Rutherford County in western North Carolina debunked rumors this week about the mountain village of Chimney Rock that claimed there were "bodies everywhere" and the government might seize the town.

Officials are trying to debunk rumors spreading on social media in the wake of Hurricane Helene’s devastation of western North Carolina. Rutherford County Emergency Management in North Carolina took to Facebook to set the record straight after conspiracy theories circulated about an alleged “government seizure of Chimney Rock” on social

No, Chimney Rock is not being seized, Rutherford County Emergency Management confirmed. Officials took to social media on Thursday to dispel rumors that had been circulating about the town’s seizure by the government.