Florence toll on Fayetteville now 1,400 homes, businesses
At least 1,400 homes and businesses were damaged by Hurricane Florence’s winds, rain or subsequent flooding, city officials said Thursday, and that number is likely to grow.An assessment is about 80 percent complete. The last area to be surveyed was the most flooded by Cape Fear River, which crested Wednesday.Many more structures were damaged or lost across Cumberland and surrounding counties. Spring Lake Mayor Larry Dobbins said some of the buildings that were flooded out […]
