Permanent housing in short supply after hurricane
HURRICANE MATTHEW LEFT CAROLINA
UNDER WATER.
MANY CASES THE CLEANUP
CONTINUES AND IN SOME CASES
PEOPLE STILL CAN NOT GO HOME.
>> GOOD EVENING.
>>> WE ARE LIVE IN STUDIO A.
WITH COATS FOR THE CHILDREN
FUNDRAISER EFFORT.
WE WILL CHECK IN WITH THEM
LATER IN THE NEWSCAST.
>>> FIRST, SINCE MATTHEW HIT
THE STATE IN OCTOBER ALL OF THE
SHELTERS CLOSED AND THE LONG
PROCESS OF REBUILDING IS
UNDERWAY.
IT THIS FLOODING DAMAGED
30,,BUSINESSES, CAUSED MORE
THAN $400 MILLION IN CROP
LOSSES AND THE ECONOMIC DAMAGE
COULD EXCEED $2 BILLION.
ALL OF THIS AA CORDING TO THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
>> ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT
AREAS, IS LUMBERTON.
WE SPENT THE DAY FINDING OUT
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE RECOVERING.
>>> I AM AT THE HILTON HEIGHTS
PUBLIC HOUSING AREA.
THIS IS ON KING STREET.
IT IS OFF OF 5TH STREET.
THIS IS ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT
AREAS.
YOU CAN SEE THE DEBRIS FIELD
STRETCHING FOR A BLOCK STILL.
2 MONTHS AFTER THE STORM.
REPRESENTS A PORTION OF THE
PEOPLE'S LIVES WHO WERE WERE
TORN APART BIA THAT STORM.
>> Reporter: A STRUGGLE
GETTING BACK ON THEIR FEET.
BUT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN GOOD
FOR THEM.
>> THERE IS NO PROBLEM.
GETTING ANY HELP FROM ANYWHERE.
SO, LIKE THANKSGIVING, WE WERA
ABLE TO GET HELP FROM DIFFERENT
PLACES.
-- WE WERE ABLE TO GET HELP
FROM DIFFERENT PLACES.
WENT TO DIFFERENT CHURCHES.
>> NOW, THE COMMUNITY CENTER, A
HUGE WAREHOUSE, DONATED
CLOTHING AND OTHER ITEMS ARE
COLLECTED AND SORTED.
>> THE CLOTHING THEY GET.
THE BLANKETS AND THE
COMFORTERS.
THE TOYELS, THE WASHCLOTHS, THE
SOCKS, -- TOWELS THE
WASHCLOTHS, THE SOCKS, WHATEVER
THEY NEED.
>> RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FEMA
FOR HELP $21 MILLION OF AID HAS
BEEN APPROVED.
WELL IS STILL A NEED FOR
HOUSING.
MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE ARE LIVING
IN MOTELS.
>> IF THERE IS SOMEWHERE FEMA
CAN BRING TEMPORARY SHELTERS,
TRAILERS LIKE THEY DID WHEN I
WAS DOWN AT KATRINA FOR THOSE
PEOPLE TO LIVE IN, THAT WOULD
BE A HELP.
>> Reporter: FEMA IS WORKING