Cumberland County residents still in need after Hurricane Matthew

Cumberland County assembled a coalition to address local issues from Matthew's flooding and held their first meeting Tuesday evening.
Posted 11/15/2016, 11:55:00 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:51:35 PM

>>> IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A MONTH

SINCE HURRICANE MATTHEW LEFT

BEHIND A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION

IN NORTH CAROLINA.

TONIGHT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE

STILL TRYING TO RECOVER FROM

THE LOSS OF THEIR HOMES AND

BUSINESSES.

THAT RECOVERY WAS THE FOCUS OF

A MEETING IN FAYETTEVILLE

TONIGHT.

CANDACE SWEAT WAS THERE AND IS

JOINING US LIVE.

>> REPORTER: WELL, JUST TO PUT

THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE, A

SPOKESPERSON TONIGHT FROM FEMA

SAYS CUMBERLAND COUNTY HAS

RECEIVED THE SECOND HIGHEST

DOLLAR AMOUNT THAN ANY OTHER

COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA, BUT

THE PEOPLE HERE STILL NEED

RESOURCES AND ARE GOING TO FOR

QUITE SOME TIME.

IN PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM CAME

WITH A SINGULAR THEME NOTARY

PUBLIC MIND.

HOW TO -- IN MIND.

HOW TO HELP PEOPLE FOR THE LONG

HAUL.

>> IT WILL BE MONTHS, POSSIBLY

EVEN A YEAR TO TWO YEARS FOR

LONG TERM RECOVERY.

>> REPORTER: STEVE ROGERS IS

CHAIR OF THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY

DISASTER RELIEF COALITION.

THEY PROVIDE RESOURCES AFTER

DEVASTATING EVENTS, IN THIS

CASE HURRICANE MATTHEW.

>> NOW THERE'S STILL CLEAN UPS,

MUCK OUTS AND DEBRIS REMOVAL,

AND ONCE ALL OF THAT IS DONE

WE'LL START DOING CASE

MANAGEMENT.

>> REPORTER: MATTHEW SWEPT THE

COAST AND FLOODED NEIGHBORS.

A SPOKESPERSON FOR FEMA SAYS

WHILE SOME 12.5 MILLION DOLLARS

HAS BEEN DISPERSED IN

CUMBERLAND COUNTY STILL

ANARCHAL OF 71 PEOPLE ARE -- AN

AVERAGE OF 71 PEOPLE ARE

REGISTERING A DAY.

HERE CHURCHES AND ORGANIZATIONS

MOBILIZE, ESPECIALLY WHEN SMALL

LOANS ARE EXHAUSTED.

>> WE WORKED WITH AGENCIES LIKE

THE UNITED WAY TO DIRECT THE

CITIZENS WHO WHO WANTED TO

HELP.

>> REPORTER: ROGER ACKNOWLEDGES

THE COALITION IS AT THE MERCY

OF THE GENEROSITY OF OTHERS.

>> BUT THE ONES STILL LIVING IN

SHELTERS OR MOTELS, THEY'RE

NOT.

>> REPORTER: SO THE COALITION

HANDED OUT THIS BOOKLET

TONIGHT.

REALLY HELPFUL AND HAS A LOT OF

NUMBERS OF CHURCHES AND

ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE

RESOURCES.

AGAIN, AFTER ALL OF THE LOANS

ARE EXHAUSTED PEOPLE STILL NEED

HELP, SO FOR MORE INFORMATION

GO TO WWW.jshu.net AND CLICK

THIS STORY.

>> CANDACE SWEAT LIVE IN NATE,

THANK YOU.

>>> NOW THE -- FAYETTEVILLE,

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