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RALEIGH, N.C. — It’s been more than a month since Tropical Storm Chantal swept over parts of North Carolina. People are continuing to rebuild and repair their lives and homes.
Habitat for Humanity repair crews were hard at work recently fixing 12 Orange County homes damaged by Chantal.
Crews last week focused on four homes in the Weatherhill Pointe community in Carrboro.
“That has been really a shock. And I think, like, I have PTSD right now because we didn’t expect it,” said resident Chea Terrell.
Terrell said that in her 19 years here, there had never been extreme flooding like this.
Although she lives near a community pond, Terrell said she was told the area was not prone to flooding, and because of that, she canceled her flood insurance almost 8 years ago.
“FEMA declared the area a non-flooding area, and now here we are, we can’t rebuild the house,” said Terrell.
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County repaired at least 25 homes last year in North Carolina, all of them a part of its home repair program.
The organization repairs and cleans up homes for low-income families after big storms.
“Everything was thrown out, everything from cabinets to clothes to everything. Appliances. Everything was gone,” said Terrell.
Terrell said until the work is done, she and her husband are staying with friends. Having survived the storm, she’s thankful and looks forward to rebuilding her life with her family in a new house.
“We didn’t know where to get the money to repair the house. So when Habitat came, it was a blessing,” said Terrell.
Repair crews help with everything from foundation or structural repairs to HVAC, electrical and plumbing.
Habitat for Humanity said it’s continuing other outreach projects as it focuses on repairs from Chantal.
These repairs can take several months, and the entire project in Orange County will take about 2 years to complete.
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Jatrissa Wooten
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