Neuse flooding to last days in eastern NC

Matthew dumped 14 to 18 inches of rain on the Goldsboro area on Saturday, and many officials are forecasting flooding along the Neuse River to rival the high water seen after Hurricane Floyd in 1999.
Posted 10/10/2016, 11:44:30 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:51:31 PM

ONTO I-95678 NATE JOHNSON WILL

UPDATE US AT 5:30 ON OTHER ROAD

CLOSURES.

>>> SOME RESIDENTS DO NOT HAVE

A PLACE TO LIVE IN WAYNE

COUNTY.

EMMY VICINITIOR CONTINUES OUR

TEAM COVERAGE.

EMMY?

>> Reporter: IT HAS BEEN TWO

DAYS SINCE THE RAINS OF

HURRICANE MATTHEW IMPACTED

EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

BUT UP WITH A COUNTY IS STILL

UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY.

DISPLACED WITH NO PLACE TO GO.

>> RIGHT NOW, MY HOME GOT LOST.

EMA USED TO MY OWN AND MY OWN

BED.

YOUR FAMILIES IN NEED ARE

SHELTERING AT SCHOOLS IN WAYNE

COUNTY.

>> THEY SAY JUST WAIT.

>> Reporter: HEAVY RAIN FROM

HURRICANE MATTHEW CAUSED NEARBY

RIVERS TO OVERFLOW ONTO STREETS

AN BUSINESSES.

JAMES CHESTNUT AND HIS SON HAD

TO TREK THROUGH WATER TO REACH

THE FAMILY-OWNED RESTAURANT.

>> JUST A TABLE, SOME STUFF.

I GOT THE COOLERS AND SOME

BIGGER STEPH OUT THAT WE COULD

SAVE.

>> Reporter: BARRICADES

SURROUND A WATER FILLED 117 IN

GOLDSBORO.

>> YOU GUYS PUT UP THE SIGN ON

YOUR HOME.

>> WE PUT THE SIGN UP TO KIND

OF WARN PEOPLE THAT THERE IS

HIGH WATER.

IF THEY GO THROUGH IT, WE CAN'T

STOP ANYBODY FROM GOING THROUGH

IT.

>> Reporter: THIS IS WHY.

THE GUARD RAILS WOULD BE THE

ONLY WAY OF TELLING THIS IS A

BRIDGE.

SOME GRANT YARDS HAVE TURNED

INTO ISLANDS.

>> I FEEL KIND OF SORRY FOR

THE FAMILIAR LIST AN

BUSINESSES.

THEY ARE CLOSE IT MY HEART.

>> Reporter: SINCE THERE IS SO

MUCH WATER FILLING UP THE

STREET AROUND WAYNE COUNTY,

SCHOOLS CLOSED HERE THROUGH THE

REST OF THE WEEK.

EMMY VICTOR, WRAL NEWS, WAYNE

COUNTY.

>>> A STRETCH OF HIGHWAY 55

NORTH IS ALSO CLOSED.

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