Riding Out Matthew's Flooding: Still Here: As Flood Waters Rise, Some Residents Stay Home

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Free Press photographers document the scenes Kinston athletes and alumni are working to help people
as the Kinston area deals with high waters. A8 who have been affected by Hurricane Matthew. B1
MATTHEW AFTERMATH NEUSE CRESTING
Riding out Matthews flooding

n Greene County n Everyday n Isolated areas n Downtown Kinston n Pet shelter opens
facing its own flood people step up await fresh still bustling after in southern Lenoir.
challenges. A2 to help. A3 supplies. A7 dark. A7 A7
East New Bern Road looking toward U.S. 258 South near Lenoir Community College is submerged Friday in several feet of flood water from the Neuse River. Photo by Ken Blevins/
Gatehouse Media
Neuse expected to set new record at crest of 28.6 feet, twice the flood stage, early Saturday morning
By Adam Wagner River, it was nearing its project- ing days, weeks and months will the west to the Craven County on across the county to determine
GateHouse Media ed crest, already having blown bring. the east. the dollar amount of the damage
KINSTON | Jacqueline Ruffin, past the record set by Hurricane We had the preparation, then As of Friday afternoon, there caused by Hurricane Matthews
a resident of the Simon Bright Floyds flooding in 1999. The Na- we had the response, now were were 74 people in the Red Cross flooding. Lenoir County will ask
neighborhood, sat outside Friday tional Weather Service predicted fixing to get to the recovery side, shelter at Kinston High School, state and federal emergency man-
with her friends, watching as wa- the river, which reaches flood stage said Roger Dail, Lenoir Countys with 110 more at Lenoir Commu- agement professionals to aid with
ter left behind by Hurricane Mat- at 14 feet, would crest at a new re- director of emergency services. nity College. What remained un- that effort, Dail said.
thew slowly crept across the road cord 28.6 feet around 2 a.m. Satur- And the recovery side is the hard clear was how many others had Those whose homes suffered
in front of her apartment. day, remaining steady around 28.6 side because theres a lot of people evacuated, fleeing to friends and storm damage can register for
Its like watching a nature show feet before beginning to fall. out there who are hurt. family as the flood water seeped federal assistance with the Federal
on TV, she said. All these people As the rivers rise slowed Friday, During the course of the week, into their homes. Emergency Management Agency.
that have never seen the Neuse, emergency officials and city lead- the Neuse spilled over its banks As residents begin returning to A FEMA official will visit Kinston
here it is. ers were beginning to turn their and into the 100-year flood plain their homes, the assessment phase on Saturday to begin coordinating
As Simpson stared at the Neuse eyes to the challenges the com- from the Wayne County line on will begin, with teams spreading See FLOODING A4
Still here: As flood waters rise, some residents stay home

By Dustin George the Neuse River flooding the Those stickers are a sign
Staff Writer area. Now that the river has that no one is home, Harper,
Friday morning, Leytre- officially started flooding the also of Cedar Lane, said.
cia Marshall, Edna Briggs city, simply traveling to the Harper, like Briggs is
and Josephine Harper, with small neighborhood involves lucky. Her house is still dry,
her dog, Rusty, sat outside passing by a maze of closed, and the water appears to
of a home on Cedar Lane in flooded or blocked roads. have stopped well short of
Kinston, just a few feet away Most of the neighborhood her driveway.
from the water slowing pour- is underwater, and the ma- We are here to look out for
ing into their neighborhood. jority of its residents either each other, Harper said. To
There is nothing like moved out or fled earlier in make sure no one is taking
sleeping in your own bed, the week, including Briggs, advantage of our neighbors
said Briggs, who, with her who suspects the storage while they are gone, because
husband, returned to her unit she moved most of her there isnt anybody else com-
home early Friday morning, valuables to has now flooded, ing back here to check for
after staying with a family even as her house remains them.
member. We came back this dry. Just a few houses down
morning and we checked on Briggs said she came back from where the trio of wom-
our house and we checked home because she didnt feel en are keeping watch, Wil-
on the neighbors, and then I comfortable leaving what liam Murrell returned home
went inside and took a nap. she had left at home unsu- for what he called a much-
Cedar Lane was one of pervised. As they evacuated, needed respite.
multiple low-lying areas many of Briggs neighbors Ive been staying with my
Josephine Harper plays with her dog Rusty while sitting with friends along Cedar Lane in Kinston on where mandatory evacu- placed orange stickers on mother-in-law, and she talks
Friday. Residents were asked to evacuate the street earlier this week. While many left, some stayed. ations were issued earlier their doors, signifying that all the time, Murrell said. I
Photo by Zach Frailey / The Free Press this week, in anticipation of they had left home. See HOME A2
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016 y o u r n e ws s o u r c e S i n c e 1 8 8 2 kinston, NC

the flooding in photos local athletes pitch in

MATTHEW AFTERMATH NEUSE CRESTING

Riding out Matthews flooding

Still here: As flood waters rise, some residents stay home

Partly Cloudy Business............. B5 Community........ A3 Obits................ A2

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