Definitely a lot of happiness after everything that has gone on but that road to recovery. They are making strides slow by but surely. Let me give you an example what some of these people are having to deal with. This is debris just one on one section of road on morningside drive here in kinston, and today the governor pat damage days after this flood waters from Hurricane Matthew receded. The governor says theres going to be three things he and his office are currently working on, starting a capital fund for businesses. The second order of business is to get those open bridges and roads. Theres still 300 in North Carolina closed. And finally, figure out how to rebuild kinston among other North Carolina towns. We spoke to one man who owns several residential and damaged or even destroyed. He says he does not have flood insurance. Weve had our hands full with restoration. Weve had a number of teams to help us try to expedite this as quickly as possible, but my real concern is for people
After hurricane matthew, officials worried about complete failure. At it last inspection in 2013, the dam was classified as high hazard and in poor condition. The state deq have been trying to get the dams owners to fix it but the firm went bankrupt and the dam was sold the new owners, resetting the clock on enforcement action. They had to go through the process again. Reporter size in the concrete spillway, which had eroded. We were getting to the point of getting that corrected when we had the flood. Reporter according to the u. S. Army corps of engineers, there are more than 1200 high hazard dams here in North Carolina. They say after matthew, we were lucky. Actually i think its more failures. We had very few actual breaches. Reporter of the many dams in the state, deq says 153 of them are rated poor or unsatisfactory and in need of repair. If you want to know where they are, we have the list of all 153 at wncn. Com. Waivers could allow schools to forego making up time missed during
Ship, hns comfort to arrive in new york city tomorrow. Griff cdc unveils new travel restrictions. People in new york, new jersey, connecticut urged not to travel to any other state for two weeks. Jedediah the number of deaths surpassed 2000, doubling in two days. There are more than 100,000 cases nationwide. Pete good morning to all of you. Jed, griff, how are you holding up . Jedediah im doing my best. This is a soft spot for me. I have a little one at home. The news gets scary daytoday. I live in new york city apartment. I do my best to be here to bring everyone the news. Pete how is washington . Griff you were asking me earlier, pete, when we started. Theyre doing better than new york. You are hit so hard in the tristate area. People reach out to me and see me reporter and anchor. Across the country there is sense of unity. Were all in this together the president s comments at norfolk couldnt have come at a better time. We need to tap into our resolve. Pete well get into that this m
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