Rowland, NC – For 63 years, Frezelle Herring lived in the same house. It took Hurricane Matthew to force her out. It took ReBuild NC to bring her back home.
Herring was in her bedroom while Matthew passed over. One tree crashed on the kitchen’s roof; a second, on the bedroom’s. Both left extensive damage. With nowhere else to live after the storm, Herring stayed put, even though Red Cross advised her to leave: water kept coming in, causing mold and mildew.
Lumberton, NC – For nearly 20 years, D.S. lived comfortably in her two-bedroom home. But when Hurricane Matthew came through, the storm brought rain and flooding that damaged the structure beyond repair.
“The rain destroyed the roof and water came into the house, making the floors uneven,” says D.S. “I tried to make it livable by doing some minor repairs, but that only helped for a little while.”
Fairmont, NC – While Hurricane Matthew passed over Minnie Hunt’s house, she hid in her hallway. “I was alone and scared to death,” she says. Hunt survived the storm safely, but her house suffered tremendously. Heavy winds had ripped a nearby tree’s limbs from its trunk, sending them crashing onto the top of her home. “My roof had caved in, and there was water inside my walls,” she said.
Lumberton, NC – Allen Wayne Britt took pride in caring for his home for 36 years, but when Hurricane Matthew hit, he could only watch as a tree crashed through the back of the house, caving in the bathroom, utility closet and part of the kitchen.
Following the storm, Britt was able to remove the tree on his own, but he didn’t know where to turn when it came to making the major repairs needed to salvage the structure. He was reluctant to reach out for assistance even when friends referred him to ReBuild NC.