Lumberton struggles to recover after Hurricane Matthew
THE RIVER.
>>> FLOOD WATERS ARE SLOWLY
GOING DOWN IN ROBESON COUNTY.
TODAY, GOVERNOR McCRORY GOT A
FIRSTHAND LOOK AT THE DAMAGE.
GERALD OWE AN HAS MORE.
>> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR
HEADED TO LUMBERTON THIS
AFTERNOON, SOMETHING THE
HIGHWAY PATROL WANTS EVERYONE
ELSE TO AVOID.
LATE TODAY, THE HIGHWAY PATROL
URGED DRIVERS TO AVOID
INTERSTATE 95 AND HIGHWAY 301
IN ROBESON COUNTY.
BOTH OF THOSE HAVE ROADS UNDER
WATER.
SEVERAL PEOPLE IS ALREADY BEEN
ARRESTED TRYING TO DRIVE AROUND
THE BARRIERS.
THE NATIONAL GUARD HAS 130 OF
ITS OSAMA ARE IN PLACE AND 110
MILITARY POLICE OFFICERS IN
THAT AREA.
THE GOVERNOR THANKED THEM TODAY
AND THEN TALKED ABOUT THE
PEOPLE HIT HARD OF THE BY THE
STORM.
>> POEM ARE SUFFERING RIGHT
NOW.
PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES.
PEOPLE HAVE LOST THAT YOU ARE
CARS.
PEOPLE HAVE LOST ALL THEIR
BELONGINGS, THEIR MEDICINE AND
EVEN SADLY, THEIR PETS.
THEY'RE STILL KIND OF IN A
STATE OF SHOCK.
THE PEOPLE BEING IMPACTED MOST
ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD
IT.
AND THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT I
HAVE BEEN VISITING DURING THE
DAY IN BOAT -- IN BOTH
PEMBROKE AND HERE IN LUMBERTON.
>> ANOTHER IMPORTANT NOTE IN
LOBE SON QUOIPT, CPR REENL
UNTIL MEDICAL CENTER IS OPEN
BUT THE EMERGENCY ROME IS NO
LONGER ACCEPTING PATIENT.
THE HOSPITAL IS ALSO SENDING
CRITICAL CARE PATIENT TO OTHER
FACILITIES.
STAFF IS ASKING FOR PEOPLE TO
LIMIT THEIR CALLS TO THE
MEDICAL CENTER BECAUSE THE
PHONE LINES ARE AT CAPACITY.
THE HOSPITAL IS USING
GENERATORS TO KEEP THE POWER ON
RIGHT NOW.
THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM DUKE
ENERGY SHOW MORE THAN 17,000
CUSTOMER WITHOUT POWER.
DO YOU THINK ALSO LOT OF
TRANSMISSION LINES IN THAT
COUNTY.
>> STILL SEE MAN PEOPLE WITHOUT
POWER.