North Carolina Matthew floods News

North Carolina Requests Nearly $1B from Congress for Hurricane Recovery

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is seeking nearly $1 billion from Congress to help North Carolina counties still recovering from Hurricane Matthew more than six months after it caused massive inland flooding and killed 28 people. The new funding request …

Low-lying North Carolina Town Says Dike Saved Homes From Matthew Floods

Residents of a low-lying coastal North Carolina town say a long-term engineering project did a good job protecting their homes and nearby rich farmland from Hurricane Matthew last fall. The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Virginia, reports the town of Swan Quarter …

North Carolina to Receive $198M in Federal Grant for Hurricane Matthew Relief

North Carolina has been officially awarded nearly $200 million from the federal government for Hurricane Matthew relief that Congress approved last month in a larger spending agreement. Gov. Roy Cooper’s office says the $198 million grant was awarded last week. …

Congress Approves $300M in Assistance for North Carolina Matthew Recovery

North Carolina is getting more than $300 million to help portions of the state recover from damages caused by Hurricane Matthew, thanks to passage by Congress of a stop-gap spending bill that averted a U.S. government shutdown. GOP Sen. Thom …

Mobile Homes On the Way to North Carolina Flood Victims

Families in four North Carolina counties forced from their homes after flooding from Hurricane Matthew could be moving into mobile homes soon. Gov. Pat McCrory said Thursday the Federal Emergency Management Agency approved the help for people displaced from their …

Floods from Matthew in Eastern North Carolina Called ‘Worse than Floyd’

Standing on the banks of the Neuse River this week, watching water creep ever-closer to the bottom of the King Street Bridge, crowds of people continually compared what was happening to what Hurricane Floyd wrought here 17 years ago. Friday …