Oct 15, 2016

Residents of Lumberton, N.C. returned home for the first time to inspect damage caused by floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. About 1,200 residents had to be evacuated by boat and plucked from their roofs by helicopters as the river crested.

: After coming across a Jeep surrounded by floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew, Elmer McDonald inspects the interior to make certain nobody was inside as he makes his way through a strong current after checking on his own mobile home for the first time on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C. About 1,200 Lumberton residents had to be evacuated by boat and plucked from their roofs by helicopters as the river crested; McDonald was one of thousands who evacuated. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)

: Elmer McDonald makes his way through a strong current in his front yard as he returns to his mobile home for the first time to inspect damage caused by floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C. About 1,200 Lumberton residents had to be evacuated by boat and plucked from their roofs by helicopters as the river crested; McDonald was one of thousands who evacuated. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)

: With her home surrounded by floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew, Janet Meier prepares to step back into the water in her carport after retrieving a warm blanket and her laptop computer on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C. About 1,200 Lumberton residents had to be evacuated by boat and plucked from their roofs by helicopters as the river crested. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)

: Elmer McDonald makes his way along the flooded street to his home as he returns to his mobile home for the first time to inspect damage caused by floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C. About 1,200 Lumberton residents had to be evacuated by boat and plucked from their roofs by helicopters as the river crested; McDonald was one of thousands who evacuated. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)

: Janet Meier wades through the floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew surrounding her home as she makes her way back to her car after retrieving a warm blanket and her laptop on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C. About 1,200 Lumberton residents had to be evacuated by boat and plucked from their roofs by helicopters as the river crested. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)

: Elmer McDonald braces himself on the handrail to his front steps as makes his way through a strong current in his front yard while returning to his mobile home for the first time to inspect damage caused by floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C. About 1,200 Lumberton residents had to be evacuated by boat and plucked from their roofs by helicopters as the river crested; McDonald was one of thousands who evacuated. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)

: Cedric Blackmon, left, entertains neighbor Jaywuan McMillian, 13, by catching small fish and crawfish on a road covered in floodwater associated with Hurricane Matthew on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C. About 1,200 Lumberton residents had to be evacuated by boat and plucked from their roofs by helicopters as the river crested. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)

: Janet Meier makes her way out of the floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew surrounding her home after retrieving a warm blanket and her laptop computer from her home on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C. About 1,200 Lumberton residents had to be evacuated by boat and plucked from their roofs by helicopters as the river crested. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)

: Elmer McDonald makes his way along the flooded street to his home as he returns to his mobile home for the first time to inspect damage caused by floodwaters associated with Hurricane Matthew on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in Lumberton, N.C. About 1,200 Lumberton residents had to be evacuated by boat and plucked from their roofs by helicopters as the river crested; McDonald was one of thousands who evacuated. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)

Coming home after Hurricane Matthew

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