Goldsboro residents anxious to return home to check for flood damage
RESIDENTS IN WAYNE COUNTY ARE
BEGINNING TO RETURN HOME TO
FIND OUT HOW BADLY HURRICANE
MATTHEW DAMAGED THEIR HOMES.
MANY ARE STILL WAITING FOR
FLOODING TO RECEDE BEFORE THEY
CAN EVEN BEGIN TO CLEAN UP.
HELLO.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M LYNDA LOVELAND.
>> I'M DAVID CRABTREE IN FOR
GERALD OWENS.
LAY LOS ANGELES SANTIAGO SHOWS
US SOME HARD-HIT NEIGHBORHOODS
WE HAVEN'T SEEN UNTIL TODAY.
>> Reporter: HE COULDN'T HAVE
DONE THIS YESTERDAY.
THERE WAS TOO MUCH WATER FOR
JESUS CRUZ TO GET THIS FAR DOWN
THE ROAD.
TODAY, HE IS CLOSER BUT THERE
IS STILL TOO MUCH WATER.
>> STILL TOO HIGH.
>> Reporter: THE WATER IS STILL
TOO HIGH FOR CRUZ IN HIS
SOUTHWEST GOLDSBORO
NEIGHBORHOOD AND ABOUT 60% OF
WAYNE COUNTY.
WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN THIS ROAD,
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?
>> I SEE DEVASTATION AND A HECK
OF A PROBLEM WE HAVE TO DEAL
WITH FOR MANY MONTHS AND
PROBABLY YEARS TO COME.
>> Reporter: MAYOR CHUCK ALLEN
SAYS THE RECOVERY EFFORTS ARE
ONLY BEGINNING.
FROM FLOODED NEIGHBORHOODS TO
CEMETERIES, THE NEED IS
GROWING.
>> SURREAL.
>> Reporter: SOMETHING GOVERNOR
McCRORY ACKNOWLEDGED WHILE
SEEING THE DEVASTATION
FIRSTHAND.
>> THE POOREST OF THE POOR ARE
THE ONES GETTING HIT THE MOST.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT CAN
LEAST AFFORD HAVING THEIR HOMES
AND CLOTHES AND EVERYTHING THAT
BELONGS TO THEM --
>> Reporter: WHAT WILL YOU DO
FOR THEM?
>> THAT IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING
ON RIGHT NOW.
OUR IMMEDIATE GOAL IS TO GET
THEM IN SHELTERS SAFE FROM THE
FLOODING.
OUR SECOND GOAL IS TO GET THEM
INTO HOUSING AWAY FROM THE
SHELTER AND GIVE THEM SOME
PERMANENT HELP WITH PERMANENT
HOUSING.
>> PEOPLE ARE HELPING PEOPLE.
THAT IS WHAT AMERICA IS ABOUT.
THAT IS WHAT NORTH CAROLINA IS
ABOUT AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE
ABOUT HERE IN WAYNE COUNTY AND
GOLDSBORO.
>> Reporter: HE TELLS ME HE
DOESN'T THINK THE WATER GOT IN.
HE REMAINS OPTIMISTIC BUT FROM
HERE, IT IS HARD TO TELL.
HE WILL HAVE TO COME BACK
TOMORROW.
IN GOLDSBORO, LEYLA SANTIAGO.
>>> THE NEUSE RIVER IS EXPECTED
TO PEAK ABOUT 8:00 TONIGHT.
THE NETWORK ESTIMATES DAMAGE TO
AT LEAST 131 BUILDINGS TOTALING
OVER $1 MILLION IN DAMAGES.