North Carolina Residents Apply For FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Program

In 50 or so counties that were power-washed by the waters of Hurricane Matthew, as many as 2,000 families with North Carolina addresses are living in the state of limbo. "We can’t live in our house, and we can’t sell it," said Latisha Beatty, who with her husband, Corey, owns a home in Bladen County that was swamped by the Black River after the October storm. "It’s been flooded twice. Who would buy it?" The home first went underwater during flooding from Hurricane Floyd in 1999 and was repaired before the Beattys bought it 11 years ago.