Oct 15, 2026 · 13 min · 8 segments
Ten years ago Hurricane Matthew stalled off the coast, dropping nearly a foot of precipitation on an already rain soaked North Carolina. Reporter Jonathan Bym looks back at some emergency management…
Hurricane Matthew, uh, sits off the coast and just dumps the central N- North Carolina, especially Moore County, with up to about 10 inches of rain.
This comes after a week where we had about five to eight inches of rain, depending on where you're at.
So, you know, the northeast q- northwest quadrant of a hurricane is usually the most violent with wa- with wind and rain.
And, uh, the whole co- the whole county really suffered, uh, a lot of rainfall, but the specifically southeastern Moore County, Woodlake area, the, and the Vass, uh, Cranes Creek, uh, vicinity, uh, was one that was hit probably the hardest because when you look at Woodlake, what it's been going through the last 10 years.
Um, this came after years of being told, "Hey," by the state, uh, by the Dam Safety, uh, Division of the NCDQ, Department of Environmental Quality, "Hey, you need to fix your dam." And Woodlake, because the previous owners were hesitant to do it, eventually the spillway gives way with all the amount of rain that comes through, and, uh, that's where we're s- we're still sitting there basically r- right now to this day.
So this was part of a 10, the story I was doing on the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Matthew, what the county learned, what, uh, what everybody's sort of taken away from what happened with Hurricane Matthew.
But this was part about Woodlake and where they're, just an update on what they're going through.
Can you, um, can we circle through some of what you've learned about Matthew, and then we'll come back and you can give an update on-
Hurricane Matthew, uh, sits off the coast and just dumps the central N- North Carolina, especially Moore County, with up to about 10 inches of rain.
This comes after a week where we had about five to eight inches of rain, depending on where you're at.
So, you know, the northeast q- northwest quadrant of a hurricane is usually the most violent with wa- with wind and rain.
And, uh, the whole co- the whole county really suffered, uh, a lot of rainfall, but the specifically southeastern Moore County, Woodlake area, the, and the Vass, uh, Cranes Creek, uh, vicinity, uh, was one that was hit probably the hardest because when you look at Woodlake, what it's been going through the last 10 years.
Um, this came after years of being told, "Hey," by the state, uh, by the Dam Safety, uh, Division of the NCDQ, Department of Environmental Quality, "Hey, you need to fix your dam." And Woodlake, because the previous owners were hesitant to do it, eventually the spillway gives way with all the amount of rain that comes through, and, uh, that's where we're s- we're still sitting there basically r- right now to this day.
So this was part of a 10, the story I was doing on the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Matthew, what the county learned, what, uh, what everybody's sort of taken away from what happened with Hurricane Matthew.
But this was part about Woodlake and where they're, just an update on what they're going through.
Can you, um, can we circle through some of what you've learned about Matthew, and then we'll come back and you can give an update on-
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