"NEW BERN, NC — Tyechia Buck and her 12-year-old son camped out on the second floor of her townhouse during last September's Hurricane Florence—at least at first. The storm surge Wednesday night was so big it flowed over the banks of the Neuse River before the rain even started here. The town slowly disappeared underwater, starting at the Trent Court housing projects, a small collection of brown brick townhouses.
By 11 o'clock Thursday morning she realized she'd made a mistake not evacuating: waves were lapping up against the building next to hers.
"I went out my back door and didn't look back," she said."
Lewis Raven Wallace reports for Environmental Health News and Scalawag Magazine January 21, 2019.
SEE ALSO:
"Nowhere to go in New Bern: Climate catastrophe spurs migrants in US South" (EHN/Scalawag)
"Lingering Long After A Storm, Mold And Mental Health Issues" (EHN/Scalawag)
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