Cumberland residents cope with aftermath of Matthew
MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE IN
PLACE FOR PORTION PORTIONS OF
PITT COUNTY.
THIS IS SOME OF MOST SERIOUS
FLOODING WE HAVE SEEN SINCE
HURRICANE FLOYD AND THAT WAS 17
YEARS AGO.
>> SOME FEAR IT MAY BE EVEN
WORSE.
DEBORAH MORGAN IS LIVE IN
CUMBERLAND COUNTY WHERE
FLOODING CONCERNS ARE CERTAINLY
FAR FROM OVER.
DEBORAH?
>> Reporter: HERE IN
FAYETTEVILLE IN HOPE MILLS AND
ACROSS THE SAN HILLS WERE THE
FLOODING IS STARTING TO RECEDE
BUT MANY ROADS REMAIN BLOCKED.
WE ARE DOWN A STREET WHERE CAN
YOU NOT GO ANY FURTHER DOWN
THIS STREET.
THE ROADS ARE BLOCKED.
THIS IS ALSO AN AREA WHERE
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAD TO BE
RESCUED FROM THEIR CARS, FROM
THEIR HOMES, BECAUSE OF THE
FLOOD WATERS.
NOW, THEY FACE THE VERY
DIFFICULT TASK OF HAVING TO
DECIDE DO THEY CLEAN UP AND
REBUILD?
DO THEY REBUILD AT ALL?
THE FOLK HERE MAKING THAT
DECISION RIGHT NOW.
THEY SAID THEY MIGHT NOT
REBUILD.
BRYAN MIMS HAS BEEN SPENDING
SOME TIME WITH THE FOLKS HERE
IN HOPE MILLS TODAY.
THEY ARE DEVASTATED BUT THEY
ARE DETERMINED.
>> MY BEAUTIFUL KITCHEN.
>> Reporter: THERE IS COMFORT
IN SAYING IT IS ALL JUST STUFF
BUT OUR HOME IS BUILT INTO OUR
IDENTITY.
EVEN AFTER FIVE FEET OF WATER
TRASHED HER HOUSE IN THE BROOK
RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU CAN
STILL FEEL HER PERSONALITY
INSIDE THESE WALLS AND OUT.
>> I JUST REDID IT.
>> Reporter: YOU JUST REDID IT?
SHE WILL SHOW YOU THE PATIO,
LEAD YOU ALONG A MANGLED WHITE
PICKET FENCE TO A SPOT WHERE
SHE KEEPS SPECIAL SOMETHINGS
FROM HER DECEASED PARENTS.
>> IT IS HORRIBLE.
IT IS HORRIBLE.
>> Reporter: ALL OF THESE
ITEMS.
>> THINGS FROM MY CHILDHOOD, MY
PARENTS.
>> THEY'RE GONE.
>> THAT WILL BE REALLY HARD.
THAT WILL BE HARD.
>> Reporter: THIS FLOOD WATER
WAS POWERFUL.
IT OVERTURNED THIS HUGE WAIST
BIN.
IT SHOVED YARD FURNITURE INTO
OTHER YARDS.
IT WAS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO TURN
A HOME INTO A HOUSE OF HORRORS.
HERE A PICTURE OF BOOKER PLACE
ON SUNDAY, A BROWN SURGE
LINKING THE ROOFTOPS.
ONE OF THOSE BELONGS TO JIM AND
BRENDA.
LOOK INSIDE.
A DISASTER.
THE REFRIGERATOR IS SHOVED INTO
THE WALL AND THE WATERMARK IS
CLEAR TO CEILING.
>> WE ARE STILL IN SHOCK.
>> THEY DON'T HAVE FLOOD
INSURANCE.
WHO COULD IMAGINE ROCK FISH
CREEK EVER BULGING THIS FAR.
>> WE LOST EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE JUST LOST IT ALL.
>> Reporter: THEY DO HAVE A
CAMPER AT THE END OF THE
INDUSTRY.
THEY DO HAVE EACH OTHER.
AND LIKE THEIR NEIGHBORS, THEY
DO PLAN TO HAVE A PLACE THEY
CAN CALL HOME AGAIN.
PREY AN MAYOR ANTHONY WILLIAMS,
WRAL NEWS, CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
FOLKS AROUND HERE REMAIN IN
SHOCK.
THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN FLOODING
LIKE THIS BEFORE.
THIS IS A CREEK THAT IS DOWN
FROM THE HOPE MILLS DAM THAT
BURST SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
THEY LIVED THROUGH THAT WHERE
THE WATER WAS LAPPING AT THE
FOUNDATION HERE.
LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO, THEY
HAD ANOTHER FLOODING INCIDENT.
THEY WERE CLEANING OUT THE
BOTTOM OF THEIR HOUSE, STARTING
TO DRY OUT.
THEY WERE READY TO GET A NEW
KITCHEN, A NEW FRONT DOOR AND
THEN HURRICANE MATTHEW CAME
ALONG AND TOTALLY DEVASTATED
THIS AREA AND NOW, AGAIN, THAT
IS WHY THEY ARE EVEN DISCUSSING
WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL
REBUILD HERE.
THEY ARE SEEING SOME INCREDIBLE
HELP FROM THE NEIGHBORS THOUGH.
THEY HAVE HAD FOLKS STOP BY AND
BRING THEM WATER AND WANT TO
HELP THEM.
JUST ACROSS THE INDUSTRY, A
WOMAN HAS AN APARTMENT OVER HER
GARAGE AND HAS OFFERED TO LET
THEM STAY THERE WHILE THEY
DECIDE WHEN THEY WANT TO DO
HERE F THEY WANT TO COME BACK
OR NOT.
>> SO MANY EMOTIONS GOING ON
ABOUT WHAT YOU WILL DO AND HOW