Kinston cut in half by cresting Neuse River

A temporary emergency room had to be set up for those who couldn't cross the river in Kinston, where the crest is expected to exceed records.
Posted 10/15/2016, 3:11:44 AM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:51:31 PM

>> ADAM OWENS LIVE.

>>> THE NEUSE RIVER IS CRESTING

TONIGHT.

ALL BRIDGES ARE SHUT DOWN.

A MOBILE EMERGENCY ROOM HAS

BEEN SET UP ON THE SOUTH SIDES

FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CANNOT REACH

THE HOSPITAL ON THE NORTH SIDE.

MOST OF DOWNTOWN KINSTON WERE

HIT HARD.

SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES WERE OWNED

BY THIS MAN AND THEY WERE HIT

WITH WATER.

>> TRYING TO RIDE THIS THING

OUT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> Reporter: PATIENCE.

>> YEAH.

IT'S SUFFICIENT -- TOUGH.

I'M MENTALLY WORE OUT FROM THIS

WHOLE THING, JUST STRESSED AND

EVERYTHING.

>> COULD REMAIN AT A MAJOR

FLOOD RANGE UNTIL THURSDAY.

>>> LOOKING AT THE WORST

DAMAGE, THAT'S WHERE SKY FIVE

HELPS US TAKE YOU THERE.

WE GO ON AN AERIAL TOUR ON

HARDEST HIT AREAS.

>> Reporter: THE HEART BREAKING

IMAGES OF PRINCEVILLE GRAS GO

FROM FOOT WORSE.

IT WAS REBUILT AFTER HURRICANE

FLOW -- FLOWED FLOYD.

IT NOW FACES SIMILAR PROBLEMS

FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW.

HOMES AND BUSINESSES AND

GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS WERE HIT.

ROOFTOPS ARE THE ONLY DRY

STRUCTURES.

MUDDY WATER IS ENCROACHING IN

VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS BUT THOSE

BUILDINGS ON STILTS RISE ABOVE

THE FLOODING.

OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS ARE STILL

DEALING WITH FLOATING TRASH AND

RECREATIONAL FACTS.

>> -- VEHICLES.

SMART DRIVERS THINK TRIES TRIES

-- TWICE ABOUT TESTING THE

REMAINING FLOODS.

THE RIOT RIOT -- HIGHEST WATER

IS JUST HITTING KINSTON SWALLOW

OWING -- SWALLOWING UP HOMES.

TRACTORS AND TRAILERS CAN'T

MAKE IT OUT.

NATIONAL GUARD IS IN TO HELP

BUT THEY CAN'T HOLD BACK THE

RISING RIVER THAT CONTINUES THE

DEVASTATING RUN THROUGH EASTERN

NORTH CAROLINA.

>> THAT WAS COLLIN REPORTER