Windsor, NC – When Hurricane Matthew hit, Patricia Smallwood had lived in the same house for 20 years. Built in 1974, her home held not just her belongings, but also countless memories. By the time the storm subsided, nearly every square inch of her home’s interior had been damaged.“The water came through the roof,” Smallwood recalls. “It ran down the drywall and through the hallway. It was flooded pretty bad.”
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Windsor, NC – When Vernestine Melton heard Hurricane Matthew was on its way, she never expected her single-family home to flood. “Our area isn’t a declared flood zone,” she says. But that didn’t stop rushing storm water from leaking inside. “We got 18 inches in the laundry room, and it saturated our carpets throughout the house.” After the storm had passed, her floors started sinking. So Melton sought financial assistance to fix the damage.