BEAUFORT, N.C. — Wednesday marks four years since Hurricane Florence devastated communities here in North Carolina, and there are sill organizations helping the hundreds of people still experiencing effects from the storm.

What You Need To Know

• Sept. 14 marks the four-year anniversary of Hurricane Florence
• There are still hundreds of people waiting for their homes to be rebuilt
• Carteret Long Term Recovery Alliance is helping with hurricane recovery efforts

Jim Buckingham has been a volunteer with the Carteret Long Term Recovery Alliance since it started in 2018, right after Hurricane Florence.

CLTRA is a nonprofit that helps people in Carteret County who are experiencing the effects of hurricanes that have hit the area.

Buckingham has been helping with hurricane recovery efforts since Hurricane Floyd hit in 1999, and he's constantly learning more to keep up with what the community needs.

“If I was going onto a job site where I was doing something I hadn't done before,” Buckingham said, “I'd buy a book and read it on the way there.”

He's working on many of the homes down east, but one resident in particular was his main focus Tuesday. The owner is rebuilding most of his home on his own, but Buckingham has been part of the recovery process and will be helping with a new roof soon.

“He's still struggling with what he's trying to do,” Buckingham said. “The guy who owns this house here, he's determined. But we run into a lot of people who just give up hope.”

Right now, Buckingham and his team are getting ready to deliver a trailer to the couple who lives in this house. That way they can continue living on the property while they wait to move back home.

“The volunteers are burnt up trying to do this work,” Buckingham said. “It never ends. You go to sleep at night and you wake up thinking about it at four in the morning.”

The Carteret Long Term Recovery Alliance has helped almost 450 people recover from Florence. However, four years after the hurricane hit North Carolina, they still have over 200 cases open.

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Despite the overwhelming amount of people who still need help, Buckingham says CLTRA will be there until the last home is complete.