Officials are draining the water from Lake Lure to remove sediment and debris, revealing historic objects embedded in the dry lakebed

An iconic tourist attraction in an area of western North Carolina among the hardest hit by Hurricane Helene reopened to the public on Friday, nine months after the storm brought historic flooding, destruction and loss of life.

"People, many of them, are displaced because their home was either flooded, inundated or washed into the river completely. Maybe their employer was washed into the river or cannot sustain because they don't have enough business.