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MOVING TO LENOIR COUNTY... ONE
OF OUR HARDEST HIT AREAS....
THINGS ARE TRYING TO RETURN BACK
TO
NORMAL MORE THAN A WEEK AFTER
HURRICANE MATTHEW SPARKED WIDE
SPREAD
FLOODING THROUGHOUT KINSTON.
SEVERAL POPULAR BUSINESSES ARE
WATCHING AS FLOOD WATERS SLOWLY
LOWER IN THEIR BUILDINGS....
AND AS SOON AS ITS GONE...THE
RESTORATION PROCESS WILL
BEGIN....
WNCT'S ALI WEATHERTON JOINS US
NOW IN KINSTON WITH THE LATEST
ON CLEANUP EFFORTS...
THIS AFTERNOON BUSINESS OWNERS
GOT THE CHANCE TO GO THROUGH AND
LOOK AT
THE DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE
MATTHEW..
MANY SAY ITS NOT AS BAD AS THEY
EXPECTED..BUT THEY STILL HAVE A
LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY..
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO...
THIS IS INSIDE KINGS BARBEQUE
RESTAURANT
IN KINSTON OFF U-S 70.
OWNER JOE HARGITT SAYS HE
PREPARED FOR
THE WORST...AND PACKED
EVERYTHING
FROM THE RESTAURANT IN TRACTOR
TRAILER TRUCKS.
HE SAYS IT WAS EMOTIONAL TO SEE
HOW HIGH THE WATER GOT... BUT HE
IS READY TO START THE CLEAN UP
PROCESS.
"I'M JUST GLAD TO GET BACK HOME
TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH, AND SO IT
IS KIND OF LIKE A RELIEF GETTING
BACK IN HERE AND SEE WHAT
ACTUALLY HAPPENED. I KNOW WE
HAVE
A MOUNTAIN OF WORK AHEAD OF US
TO GET CLEANED UP."
AS FOR THE EMPLOYEES WHO WORKED
AT KINGS...THEY ARE NOW
WORKING AT A TAKEOUT LOCATION
ACROSS TOWN.
HARGITT SAYS TOMORROW STARTS THE
FULL CLEANUP PROCESS. HIS GOAL..
TO BE OPEN IN THE NEXT TWO
WEEKS..
IN KINSTON.. AW 9OYS