Sky 5 flies over flood damage

Sky 5 surveys the damage caused by Matthew's flood waters.
Posted 10/12/2016, 11:02:57 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:51:31 PM

WATER.

-- THE RAPID SPREAD OF THE

DISEASE.

>>> TONIGHT, SCOTT MASON GIVES

US AN AERIAL TOUR OF WAYNE AND

END COMB CONTINUE QUESTION.

>> Reporter: LOOK AT THAT

WATER, STRAIGHT DOWN, NOTHING

BUT WATER AND ROOFTOPS.

NO PEOPLE, NO TRAFFIC, NO

MOTION.

A HEART BREAKING VISUAL.

AND THERE ARE SO MANY OTHERS IN

EDGECOMBE COUNTY.

THAT IS A SMALL GRAVE YARD.

MANY OF THE TOMB STONES ARE IN

WATER.

WHAT A SAD SIGN.

SO MANY HOUSESSED INTOEDMENT

THAT RED CAR ON THE RIGHT, THE

WATER ALMOST TO ITS HOOD.

TRAIN TRACKS SURROUNDED BY

WATER.

A RESTAURANT FOR NOW OUT OF

BUSINESS.

THIS IS PRINCEVILLE AND EVEN

THOUGH THE LEVEE, THAT GREEN

STRIP ON THE RIGHT, EVEN THOUGH

THE LEVEE HAS HELD, THE STREET

ARE STILL FLOODED, EMPTY EXCEPT

TO LIGHT POSTS AND WATER.

IT IS MUCH THE SAME IN WAYNE

COUNTY.

WATER HAS SURROUNDED THAT

BRIDGE IN SEVEN SPRINGS.

IT IS COVERING HALF THE WINDOWS

OF THAT WAREHOUSE.

THAT MOBILE HOME IS HALF UNDER

WATER.

THIS IS NEARBY GOLDSBORO, A

FLOODED HOME WITH A SWIMMING

POOL AND WATER EVERYWHERE.

STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TOO.

IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND HOPE IN

SUCH A SEA OF SADNESS.

BUT MAYBE THERE IS HOPE.