LUMBERTON, N.C. -- Governor Roy Cooper has made multiple trips to Robeson County over the last two years because the area has suffered major hits from two hurricanes.
- On Thursday, Cooper made three stops in the Lumberton community to get another ground-level view of the recovery from Florence
- He also wanted to thank an army of volunteers that are still on the scene helping with the recovery
- Officials say that an average of 60 people a day are still coming to seek assistance
On Thursday, Cooper made three stops in the Lumberton community to get another ground-level view of the recovery from Florence. He also wanted to thank an army of volunteers that are still on the scene helping with the recovery.
"We have to rebuild North Carolina. Not only stronger but smarter," Cooper said. "We've learned that when you have two so-called 500-year floods within 23 months, that we aren't dealing with 500-year floods anymore. We're dealing with occurrences that are going to happen in the future."
One of the places the governor visited was the local Disaster Resource Center. To illustrate how recovery from Florence is still ongoing, officials told Spectrum News that an average of 60 people a day are still coming to seek assistance.