North Carolina governor: Flooded historic town will get help
TARBORO, N.C. — Floodwaters as high as some rooflines swamped one of the country’s oldest towns chartered by African-Americans, setting up a daunting rebuilding effort for the second time in less than 20 years.
On Friday, Gov. Pat McCrory met with Princeville residents and town officials to pledge support after flooding spawned by Hurricane Matthew. The town was also inundated in 1999 after Hurricane Floyd.
McCrory said that with water as deep as 10 feet in the town of 2,000 people, at least eight out of 10 houses have been damaged.
“I’d say about 80 to 90 per cent have definite water to the floors, to the windows, including the mayor’s,” he said.