Eastern NC Schools Continue To Recover From Hurricane Matthew

WUNC | By Frank Stasio,

Charlie Shelton

Published May 2, 2017 at 12:26 PM EDT

Flooding in Princeville, North Carolina.

Many communities in eastern North Carolina are still recovering from the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. The storm hit the East Coast last October, and in Edgecombe County hundreds of students were displaced after flooding nearly destroyed Princeville Elementary School. Now the Edgecombe County school board must decide on next steps for rebuilding the school.

EducationNC reporter Liz Bell talks about eastern North Carolina's ongoing struggle to recover after Hurricane Mathew.

Host Frank Stasio talks with Liz Bell, reporter for EducationNC, about ongoing recovery efforts.

Frank Stasio

Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.

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Charlie Shelton