Fayetteville residents on Bombay Drive asked to evacuate due to flooding
I'M GOOD.
>> FLOODING IN THE SANDHILLS IS
CAUSING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
SITUATION. GOVERNORS GILBERT
BAYS JOINS US LIVE FROM
FAYETTEVILLE, WHERE IN THE PAST
HOUR, SOME FOLKS RIGHT AROUND
THAT AREA, BOMBAY DRIVE YOU'VE
BEEN SHOWING US TODAY HAVE BEEN
ASKED TO EVACUATE.
>> YEAH, JEFF, I TELL YOU, WE
JUST HAD A VEHICLE. THIS WILL
BE THAT SIDE AND DROVE THROUGH.
HE ADDED THAT HE WAS GOING MAKE
IT, BUT HE DID. YOU DON'T WANT
TO DO THAT. YOU KNOW, THESE
STORMS A MATTER OF TIMING AND
THIS AIN'T OVER INTO ELIZABETH
CAT OR MIKE'S IS OVER BECAUSE
IT'S COMING IN WAVES. WE EVEN
SAW SOME BLUE SKIES. BUT THAT'S
NOT THE IS OUT HERE NOW.
LET ME SHOW YOU THIS HOUSE
RIGHT HERE. THIS HOUSE RIGHT
HERE WAS DRIVE. THE HOMEOWNER
WENT AWAY AND WHEN SHE CAME
BACK HER FRONT YARD WAS
FLOODED. MICHAEL SHOW
THE CREEK BACK TO THAT SAID
THAT LOCKS CREEK BACK THERE.
AND THAT'S CAUSING ALL THE
PROBLEMS HERE ON BOMBAY.
THAT'S PART OF IT. RESIDENTS
ALSO SELL US THAT THERE'S A
PROBLEM WITH THE DRAINAGE OUT
HERE THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW.
MIKE AND I CAME THROUGH HERE
ABOUT 7 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.
THERE WAS NOTHING OUT HERE AND
WITHIN JUST ABOUT A MATTER OF
HOURS. SO ALL OF A SUDDEN THE
CREEK STARTED CREEPING OUT AND
NOW IT'S STARTING TO CONNECT.
LET ME SHOW YOU ONE OTHER THING
OVER HERE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT
THE FIRST TIME THIS AREAS
FLOODED. WE'VE DONE A NUMBER
OF STORIES OUT HERE.
>> WHEN HURRICANE MATTHEW AND
FLORENCE CAME THROUGH THIS
MARKET ARE STILL HERE. THIS IS
HOW HIGH THE WATER GOT DOWN
IN THIS AREA. AND SO JUST
WITHIN ABOUT THE LAST HOUR OR
SO, WE'VE HAD FIREMEN GOING
DOOR TO DOOR TELLING RESIDENTS
IT'S ABOUT TIME TO GET OUT.
SO SOME FOLKS ARE GOING TO WAIT
IT OUT. OTHER FOLKS ARE TAKING
NEED AND I'M GRABBING THEIR
BAGS AND LEAVING. SO IF YOU
LIVE ON BOMBAY, DO NOT HERE.
YOUR HOME BACK HERE MAY HAVE
SOME WATER IN IT. IF YOU DO GET
HERE IS PROBABLY BEST HIM TO
MOVE OUT HERE UNTIL THE WATER
RECEDES. REPORTING LIVE HERE