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  • DR requests & salvations continue in Carolina relief
    by Laura Sikes, posted Friday, October 05, 2018 (one year ago)

    Photo by Laura Sikes
    NEW BERN, N.C. (BP) -- When 89-year-old William Cunniff returned to his flood-damaged home in North Carolina, he found mold climbing the walls of every room, the remains of Hurricane Florence. Cunniff had evacuated and stayed out of the state with relatives until it was safe to return.

    The widower and U.S. Marine Corps veteran found that his home of 20 years in New Bern's Fairfield Harbour community had taken on more than a foot of floodwater just as many other homes had in his neighborhood. Cunniff is staying with his next-door neighbor whose garage took on less than a foot of water. Read More