Edgecombe County communities cut off by flooding

Communities in Edgecombe County, including the town of Leggett, were cut off after Hurricane Matthew made every route into the town inaccessable due to flooding.
Posted 10/12/2016, 3:06:33 AM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:51:31 PM

>>> WE CONTINUE TO COVER THE

DEVASTATING IMPACTS OF

HURRICANE MATTHEW.

TONIGHT, FLOODING REMAINS A

CONCERN FOR THOSE THAT LIVE IN

EDGEMOND COUNTY.

>> WE GO THERE NOW.

>>> NEARLY EVERYWHERE YOU CAN

GO IN THE COUNTY YOU FIND A

STRETCH OF ROADWAY BLOCKED OFF.

>> IF I WANT TO BE NORMAL AGAIN

IT WOULD BE BETTER IN A COUPLE

OF WEEKS.

>> COMMUNITIES ARE CUT OFF.

COMMUNITIES LIKE THE SMALL TOWN

OF LEGIT.

EVERY ROUTE IN TOWN IS

UNDERWATER.

>> YOU HAVE TO ON GET FOOD AND

WATER.

GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THE

CITY.

TO THE JOBS.

THEY CAN NOT GET TO WORK.

>> OVERFLOW FROM A NOR BY TAR

RIVER IS INSIDE HOMES.

THE AUTHORITIES HAD ASKED

EVERYONE TO LEAVE BEFORE THINGS

GOT BAD.

>> HI TO GET THE NATIONAL GUARD

TO GO IN WITH THE TRUCK -- HI

HAD TO GET THE NATIONAL GUARD

TO GO IN.

GETTING 25 PEOPLE OUT AT A TIME

AND TAKE THEM TO THE SHELTERS.

>> THE WATER IS RECEDING.

BUT PRINCEVILLE AND TARBORO ARE

STILL IN DANGER.

>> THEY HAVE NOT CRESTED YET

AND GOING BELOW THAT IN

GROWNVILLE AND WASHINGTON WILL

BE NEXT.

>> Reporter: BACK TO YOU.

>> THEY WERE GIVEN SIMPLE AND

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