Cumberland County homes destroyed by Matthew
>> CANDACE SWEAT, THANK YOU.
>>> >. AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY IS
STILL SEEING THREATS WHILE
TRYING TO OVERCOME THE DAMAGE
ALREADY HAPPENING THERE.
>> KEN SMITH HAS HOW PEOPLE ARE
COPING TONIGHT.
>> REPORTER: IN IN FRONT OF THE
CAPE FEAR RIVER THAT'S RECEDED
RIGHT NOW, BUT RIGHT AFTER
HURRICANE MATTHEW IT DID DAMAGE
DOWNSTREAM.
THE REMNANTS OF LIVES THEY
BUILT IN THIS HOUSE ARE NOW A
SOGGY MESS.
>> I'VE BEEN TOLD IT WOULDN'T
GET UP THIS HILL.
>> REPORTER: BUT THE FLOOD
WATERS DID GET UP HAD.
>> >. I I MOVED HERE IN 87.
>> REPORTER: RUINING ALMOST 30
YEARS OF FAMILY KEEPSAKES,
MOMENTOS, MEMORIES.
>> YOU GO IN A ROOM, AND
THERE'S NOTHING.
YOU HAVE FURNISH ALL IN PIECES
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
ROOM OR IN ANOTHER ROOM.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T UNDERSTAND
IT.
>> REPORTER: FROM THE FRONT
YARD THE DEVASTATION FROM THE
FLOODING IS NEIGHBORHOOD WIDE.
VERY FEW HOMES SPARED BY THE
RISING FLOOD WATERS.
>> SATURDAY MORNING IT WAS UP
TO THIS POST RIGHT HERE.
>> REPORTER: ACROSS TOWN IN
FAYETTEVILLE THIS IS WHAT'S
LEFT OF AARON LAKE.
THE FRONT WATERS CUTTING A HOLE
THROUGH THE ROAD AND INCHING
INTO THIS MAN'S BACKYARD, AND
TAKING AWAY A FEW THINGS WITH
IT.
>> IT TOOK A BOAT AND BENCH AND
THE LAWN MOWER AND TOOK IT DOWN
TO THE RIVER.
I FOUND MY BOAT.
>> REPORTER: A MUCH DIFFERENT
OUTCOME FOR MRS. JACOBS,
SADDENED BY THE FLOOD THAT'S
RESHAPED THE LIFE'S SHE'S
BUILT, BUT STILL KEEPING THE
FAITH.
>> THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT
WILL BE CLEANED AND SAVED, BUT
JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IS GONE.
>> REPORTER: HEART BREAKING FOR
HER, BUT SHE AND HER NEIGHBORS
INCLUDING HER BROTHER ACROSS
THE STREET ALL PLAN TO REBUILD.
KEN SMITH, WRAL NEWS,