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Tag: hurricane relief

Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, Mental Health

Hurricane Dorian thrashes farmer’s tobacco crop

by Greg Barnes September 6, 2019September 9, 2019

By Greg Barnes Shortly after sunrise today, Brunswick County farmer Jody Clemmons left his house to survey the damage Hurricane Dorian caused to his tobacco and soybean crops in fields near the coast. What he found was expected, and heartbreaking, for a farmer who has now endured three hurricanes in four growing seasons. Dorian brought […]

photo shows national guard member leading civilian throughflood waters to a waiting truck
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Robeson County residents still reeling from two prior hurricanes

by Greg Barnes September 6, 2019September 5, 2019
shows cots and room dividers set up in a large room in a shelter prepared for Hurricane Dorian evacuees
Posted inChronic Disease

People with special medical needs fleeing Hurricane Dorian might end up at a Clayton church

by Anne Blythe September 5, 2019October 8, 2019
A field of corn that's leaning over with pines trees behind it.
Posted inFeatured

For one Brunswick County farmer, it feels like hurricanes “have become the new norm”

by Greg Barnes September 5, 2019April 13, 2021
shows a smiling young man and an older woman with arms around each other, smiling at the camera, while at a disaster relief event in a Wilmington church
Posted inMinority Health

Hurricane Florence left destruction but also information on how to prepare for and respond to the next disaster

by Anne Blythe September 3, 2019October 8, 2019
an older African American man in glasses, a sweatshirt and a baseball cap looks at the camera
Posted inAging

Trusted Local Nonprofit Fills Needs in Florence-bashed New Bern

by Thomas Goldsmith October 24, 2018September 6, 2022

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