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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

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
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
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
Flooding after Hurricane Matthew inundated dozens of poultry farms in Eastern North Carolina. Photo shows and aerial view of inundated chicken houses.
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, Infectious Disease, Public Health

From the Air, Environmentalists Record Flooded Farms

by Catherine Clabby November 4, 2016November 4, 2016

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