Lumberton streets flood; Lumber River water level rises
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>> THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH
US AS WE CONTINUE TO TRACK THE
EFFECTS OF DEBBIE AS IT
CONTINUES TO PUSH ACROSS OUR
AREA HERE ON WRAL. YEAH, WE
HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU.
WE WANT TO GET OUT NOW TO HEIDI
KIRK. YOU'RE IN ROBESON COUNTY,
A FLOODED ROAD BEHIND YOU.
>> WE ARE ON ELMHURST DRIVE IN
LUMBERTON. AND THIS IS WHAT
WE'RE SEEING ALL THROUGHOUT
THIS AREA, FLOODED STREETS,
SEVERAL INCHES EVEN UP TO A
FOOT OF WATER IN SOME AREAS.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU A FRAME OF
REFERENCE. LOOK OVER THAT WAY.
THAT YELLOW FIRE HYDRANT.
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING WATER
THIS MORNING. JUST CREEP UP
THAT WAY. SEVERAL CARS HAVE
COME THROUGH THIS AREA. MANY
OF THEM TURNING AROUND DOING
THE RIGHT THING, NOT DRIVING
THROUGH THIS HIGH WATER BUT
SOME OF THEM DRIVING RIGHT
THROUGH WHICH AGAIN, IS NOT
WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO NOW.
WANT TO TAKE YOU OVER THIS WAY.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW HIGH
THE WATER WAS EARLIER TODAY.
YOU CAN SEE LOTS OF DEBRIS UP
THAT WAY. GIVING US A GOOD
FRAME OF REFERENCE IS HOW HIGH
IT CAN GET IN SOME AREAS LIKE
IS THAT EVERYONE HAS THEIR EYES
ON THE LUMBER RIVER. AND SO FAR
THEY HAVE A TEMPORARY LEVEE.
THAT'S HOLDING STRONG. IT'S
LOOKING REALLY GOOD. I'VE BEEN
CHECKING IN WITH PUBLIC WORKS
ALL MORNING. THEY SAY THAT THAT
ISN'T THE CONCERN RIGHT NOW,
ITS MOST OF THESE FLOODED
STREETS. BUT IF WE GET ANY MORE
RAIN, THEY'RE GOING TO BE
WATCHING IT BY THE MINUTE NOW,
WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL RESCUE
CREWS GO BY. WE'VE BEEN
CHECKING OUT THIS AREA NOW,
SOME OF THESE HOMES THAT YOU
CAN SEE BEHIND ME ARE CUT OFF.
THEY'RE UNABLE TO GET THEIR
CARS OUT. WE'VE BEEN SEEING
BOATS GO BY LOTS OF DIFFERENT
CREWS FROM OUT OF STATE TO MAKE
SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN GET OUT
OF THEIR HOMES AND TO GRAS DRY
GROUND BEFORE MORE RAIN COMES
THROUGH AND WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE DRIVING AROUND
CHECKING OUT THESE AREAS,
MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE TABS
ON THE WORST OF IT AND
CONTINUING TO CHECK BACK IN
AS WE CONTINUE TO GET MORE RAIN