Gov. Perdue to survey flood damage
WINDSOR — Gov. Beverly Perdue plans to tour flood damage in eastern North Carolina as swollen rivers were expected to crest Saturday following last week's heavy rains from Tropical Storm Nicole.
Perdue's office said she would visit the towns of Windsor and Vanceboro on Sunday.
The North Carolina State Emergency Response Team said in a news release that much of Windsor is expected to remain under water for several days. The downtown has been evacuated along with more than 40 residents from a nursing home.
Some roads remained closed Saturday as rivers and creeks spilled over their banks after as much as 19 inches of rain fell in the Greenville area last week. It was the same area that had been damaged by heavy rain and flooding from 1999's Hurricane Floyd.
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