Flooding splits WNC business in half, leaving owners with nothing [Video]

ANIMALS. 27 YEAR OLD BUSINESS IN CHIMNEY ROCK, NORTH CAROLINA, CONTINUES TO LOOK FOR ANSWERS AFTER THE BUILDING WAS WASHED AWAY DURING HURRICANE HELENE. THE HICKORY NUT ON MEMORIAL HIGHWAY WAS RIPPED IN HALF, WHILE THE BUSINESS OWNERS WERE STILL INSIDE. OUR NATE STANLEY HAS THEIR STORY. THIS IS WHAT’S LEFT OF THE HICKORY NUT AND CHIMNEY ROCK, NORTH CAROLINA. THE BUSINESS OWNER TELLS ME THAT SHE CAUGHT THE MOMENTS RIGHT BEFORE THIS WAS WASHED AWAY ON CAMERA. YOU GOT TO GO TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THAT’S THE ONLY PLACE WE CAN GO. WE WOULD HAVE BEEN STANDING THERE LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW THAT. THAT’S WHAT WE WERE FILMING. SURREAL MOMENTS AS SHERRY CUMMINGS BUSINESS. THE HICKORY NUT AND HER HOME WERE WASHED AWAY. I LOOKED DOWN, SO MY PHONE WENT LIKE THIS. DOWN TO MY FEET. AND I LOOKED DOWN AND IT WAS OUR REFRIGERATOR ON ITS BACK WITH …