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>>> FLOOD WATERS WAIST DEEP IN
SOME COMMUNITIES TONIGHT.
THE LUMBER RIVER RECEDING AT A
FOOT A DAY.
IT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT
BY HURMDZ.
RESIDENTS ARE -- HURRICANE
MATTHEW.
RESIDENTS ARE COPING AS ARMIES
OF VOLUNTEERS MOVE IN TO HELP
THE COMMUNITY.
>> IN LUMBERTON THEY TAKE THE
PHRASE BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY
SERIOUSLY.
>> THE SECOND ONE HERE WITH THE
FENCE AROUND IT.
>> DWIGHT WATCHES FROM THE
SHORELINE AS HIS BROTHER AND
NEIGHBOR CHECK OUT HOMES WAIST
DEEP IN WATER.
>> WATER'S UP REAL HIGH.
>> LIKE MANY HE'S LIVED HERE
HIS WHOLE LIFE AND NEVER SEEN
THE ALMOST BER RIVER LASH OUT
LIKE THIS.
>> WHO DO YOU LEAN ON?
>> AS FAR AS LIKE IT IS SO FAR
IT'S BEEN HERE YOU LEAN ON ONE
ANOTHER IS THE WAY IT'S BEEN.
>> HERE IT'S NEIGHBORS HELPING
NEIGHBORS.
>> CAN YOU GET BACK HERE?
>> BUT ON JUST ABOUT ANY STREET
CORNER YOU'LL SEE STRANGERS
REACHES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> TAKE A BREAK.
>> POP-UP CHARITY STOPS OFFER
HOT MEALS AND COLD DRINKS.
>> WE KNOW THIS COULD BE US.
WE WERE FORTUNATE THE STORM WAS
ONE MILE THE OTHER DIRECTION.
>> BRINGING FOOD AND HELPING
OUT.
>> SMALL CHURCHES ARE LEANING
IN.
AND LIFTING UP THOSE IN NEED.
>> I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE
DEVASTATING FOR ME WHEN I GO
HOME.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GO
HOME.
>> THERE ARE LARGE OPERATIONS
WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK.
>> TYING TO GET TO 500 --
TRYING TO GET TO 500 RIGHT NOW.
WE MIGHT MAKE IT SOON.
>> I TRY TO GET OUT EVERY DAY
AND GET AS MUCH WATER AS I CAN
JUST TO HAVE BECAUSE THEY'RE
SAYING TWO TO FOUR WEEKS BEFORE
WE GET WATER.
>> RESIDENTS ARE GRATEFUL BUT
WORRY IT MIGHT NOT LAST.
>> YOU NEVER KNOW.
THEY MAY BE HERE THIS WEEK AND
MAY NOT BE NEXT WEEK.
>> THEY'RE TRYING TO REMAIN
OPTIMISTIC BUT REMEMBER THEY'VE
SEEN HOW QUICKLY THEIR LUCK CAN
RISE AND FALL.
JULIA SIMS WRAL NEWS ROBESON
COUNTY.