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Make no mistake, though: Florence
was horrific. ree dozen deaths in
North Carolina alone are blamed
on the storm, including three in
Fayetteville and Cumberland County.
Damage from the storm's flooding
and high winds will reach into the
many billions of dollars. For a time,
so many roads were closed, including
Interstates 95 and 40, that out-of-
state drivers making trips that would
ordinarily pass through North
Carolina were advised to avoid the
state entirely.
Recovery and repairs both in this
area and elsewhere will take years.
Agencies, organizations, businesses
and individuals have stepped up to
help. Churches have organized groups
to help clean up storm debris, repair
homes and provide other help. In
addition to shelters opened around
the area by local government, Manna
Church sheltered and fed hundreds
of people displaced by Florence at its
Cliffdale location. Several restaurants
provided meals at different locations
for storm victims and helpers.
Organizations including the Salvation
Army, Fayetteville Urban Ministry,
the Red Cross and the Second Harvest
Food Bank of Southeast North
Carolina, mounted hurricane relief
efforts.
Several grocery stores provided help
with supplies. e Publix supermarket
in Fayetteville even helped keep
Bladen County Hospital's emergency
department operating during the
storm by providing it with a working
generator aer two generators at the
hospital failed.
Florence's effects can be seen in
photos showing closed roads, flooded
areas and the crowds that gathered
on the Person Street bridge to eye the
rising Cape Fear River.
