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Robeson County residents still reeling from two prior hurricanes

September 6, 2019 by Greg Barnes

Robeson County residents still reeling from two prior hurricanes - North Carolina Health News

Nearly three years after Hurricane Matthew, many residents of the state’s second-poorest county are suffering mentally, physically and emotionally while the state grapples to provide relief funding. And now comes Dorian.

By Greg Barnes It’s been three years since Hurricane Matthew crashed into Robeson County, causing water to bubble up through the plumbing of Isa Alvarado’s mobile home and leaving behind a mold-infested mess. Alvarado, 63, didn’t vacate her Fairmont home after Matthew. She said she continued to live there, with her two children and a […]

shows cots and room dividers set up in a large room in a shelter prepared for Hurricane Dorian evacuees

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

September 5, 2019 by Anne Blythe

People with special medical needs fleeing Hurricane Dorian might end up at a Clayton church - North Carolina Health News

North Carolina has opened a specialized medical needs shelter in Clayton and a 600-plus bed mega-shelter in Durham as Hurricane Dorian whirls through the Atlantic Ocean toward storm-weary coastal communities.

By Anne Blythe As Hurricane Dorian churned in the Atlantic Ocean, frustrating the meteorologists trying to predict its path, there was a bit of calm before the coming storm Wednesday at a specialized medical emergency shelter in Clayton. Amy O’Connor, a registered nurse at Duke, and Logan Spears, an emergency room nurse at Duke Raleigh […]

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

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

September 3, 2019 by Anne Blythe

Hurricane Florence left destruction but also information on how to prepare for and respond to the next disaster - North Carolina Health News

Cedric Harrison of Support the Port in Wilmington and other community organizers with eyes, ears and boots on the ground highlight relief and recovery shortfalls.

By Anne Blythe Cedric Harrison grew up in Wilmington and saw his share of storms. Until last year he always sheltered in place when hurricane warnings sent North Carolina’s port city into an altered and frantic state. He had successfully ridden out major storms in his 30-some years before Hurricane Florence roiled the seas and […]

Flooding after Hurricane Matthew inundated dozens of poultry farms in Eastern North Carolina. Photo shows and aerial view of inundated chicken houses.

From the Air, Environmentalists Record Flooded Farms

November 4, 2016 by Catherine Clabby

From the Air, Environmentalists Record Flooded Farms - North Carolina Health News

Environmental Working Group and Waterkeeper Alliance release a map of flooded large-scale hog and poultry farms, filling in some information of where waste may have spilled. By Catherine Clabby Because of limited government oversight of big poultry farms, the amount of animal waste that floods washed into North Carolina rivers may be underestimated post-Hurricane Matthew, […]

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