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Saint Pauls, NC – Soon after Hurricane Matthew passed over Saint Pauls, MaDolores Robles-Galvan tried to walk out her front door — but couldn’t. “The winds had shifted the entire house,” she says. “The doors were jammed. My granddaughters and I were trapped inside for hours.”

Lumberton, NC – Cheryl Oxendine had no idea that Hurricane Matthew would flood her home so quickly. “By the time the water started rising, it was too late to get out of the neighborhood,” Oxendine says. She fled to a neighbor’s home, which was dry.

Fair Bluff, NC – In the days leading up to Hurricane Matthew’s arrival, Vickie Cross worried that her driveway might flood. So before the storm arrived, she moved her car down the street to higher ground. It was a smart move.

Fairmont, NC – When John R. Locklear saw water rising outside his house as Hurricane Matthew pounded the area, he did not risk waiting for the roads to flood. “My family jumped in our truck and took off as fast as we could,” he says.

Fayetteville, NC – Kelley Clark is a doer. After Hurricane Matthew sent four feet of water through her house, she got her family to safety. When she returned home two months later, she started making repairs.

Rollins, NC – As Hurricane Matthew raged outside, Ralph Harrell stared at the ditch surrounding his yard. “That was scary,” he says. “Watching the ditch fill up with water. Watching the yard fill up.

Fayetteville, NC – If anyone had looked for Eneida Green during Hurricane Matthew, they would have found her in one of the safest places in the house. “I hid in the bathtub,” she says.

Orrum, NC – The day that Hurricane Matthew hit the small town of Orrum, Latoi Jones’ son turned six years old. A quick trip to buy a birthday cake almost stranded her at the grocery store. “I drove there without a problem,” she says.

Pembroke, NC – While Hurricane Matthew’s winds howled outside her mobile home, Jewelletta Dixon did the best she could to keep her young children calm. “But the storm was awful and scary,” she says. “Rain came in through the kitchen window.

Fairmont, NC – After living in her home for 20 years, Maggie Shipman had grown used to the sound of rain on the metal roof — until Hurricane Matthew. “The noise from the storm was terrifying,” Shipman said.