Seven Springs residents may not return after Hurricane Matthew
>>> WATER STILL SURROUNDS MANY
HOMES AND SEVEN SPRINGS, NEARLY
HALF OF THE RESIDENCE DID NOT
RETURN TO THE AREA YEARS AGO
AFTER HURRICANE FLOYD.
MANY WHO DID QUESTIONING IF
THEY WANT TO REBUILD YET AGAIN.
OUR TEAM COVERAGE CONTINUES WITH
AMY VICTOR.
>>REPORTER: BEFORE HURRICANE
FLOYD, THIS TOWN WAS JUST SHY
OF 200 PEOPLE.
ONLY ABOUT 110 RETURNED AFTER
THE FLOODING.
PASSPORT TO 2016, ABOUT 84
RESIDENTS LIVED HERE.
BECAUSE OF HURRICANE MATTHEW'S
IMPACT, MANY ARE WONDERING
SHOULD WE STAY OR GO?
>> YOU DO NOT EXPECT TO SEE
YOUR HOME MIRRORED IN A POOL OF
WATER.
>>REPORTER: THIS IS THE SECOND
TIME IN 20 YEARS.
B WHERE THE STOP SIGN IS, IS
THE HOUSE BEHIND INTO THE RIGHT
OF IT.
>>REPORTER: THE FIRST TIME WAS
DURING THE FLOODING OF 1999.
WHAT ARE DESTROYED HIS
BELONGINGS, BUT HE CHOSE TO
REBUILD.
>> THE HOUSE SITS OFF THE
GROUND ABOUT THIS HIGH.
WITH FLOYD IT WAS ABOUT 2 FEET.
I AM FIGURING THIS IS THREE OR
MORE.
>>REPORTER: BECAUSE THE
NEIGHBORHOOD THE HEART IS IN --
FLOODING IS IN THE HEART OF THE
BASIN TO S
>> WE ARE LESS AND PROBABLY 100
YARDS.>>REPORTER: THINGS ARE
NOT SO EASY ON MAINE'S TREAT TO
PICK UP AND START OVER AGAIN.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A 500
YEAR EVENT.
WE WEREN'T EXPECTING THIS TO
HAPPEN AGAIN.>>REPORTER: IS
LIKE THE LAST ONE, RESIDENTS
MAY NOT RETURN HERE.
SOMETHING HE SAYS HE WOULD HATE
TO SEE.
>> YOU HAVE A LOW PERCENTAGE
FROM THE START, IT DOESN'T TAKE
THAT A FEW TO LEAVE AND IT
CHANGES THE ENTIRE
DYNAMIC.>>REPORTER: HE KNOWS
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THOSE
IMPACT IT WILL BE
CONTEMPLATING, INCLUDING HIS
OWN FAMILY.
THE HOME IS A PART OF HISTORY
FOR HIS WIFE.
>> KNOWING HER FATHER BEFORE HE
DIED, HE WOULD SAY GET OUT OF
THERE.
>>REPORTER: AMY VICTOR, WRAL
NEWS, SEVEN SPRINGS.
>>> THE NATIONAL GUARD IS STILL
ON THE GROUND THERE.