Robeson County prepares for possible flooding
LUMBERTON — A slew of volunteers and members of the North Carolina National Guard made their way to Lumberton on Friday afternoon to fill 5,000 sandbags ahead of anticipated flooding from Hurricane Florence.The roughly four-hour project took place under the Interstate 95 bridge at the CSX railroad track on West 5th Street, where floodwaters ravaged South and West Lumberton during Hurricane Matthew in 2016.Emily Jones, a public information officer with Robeson County, […]
