Source: WRAL, 3/27/19

Six months after Hurricane Florence slammed into North Carolina, a long-awaited project is on track in hopes of preventing massive flooding that swamped west Lumberton. West Lumberton suffered historic flooding not only during Florence, but also in Hurricane Matthew in October 2016. The earthen levee along the Lumber River was built to prevent floodwater from invading the neighborhoods, but where it intersects Interstate 95 and the CSX railroad, the levee has a gap.

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