North Carolina Latinos left homeless by Matthew await help

*The good news is that a group of Latino residents of nearby Raleigh arrived in Newton Grove this week with emergency supplies. VL

By EFE/Fox News Latino (2 minute read)

 Around a hundred Hispanics have been sleeping in their cars or on the streets since flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew swept away a trailer park in this small North Carolina town.

“We have lost everything and we don’t know what to do. So far, no authorities have come to help us, nor did any authorities warn us we had to evacuate,” 10-year park resident Tomas Rivera Sanchez told EFE.

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He recalled watching as the river that flows past the trailer park in Newton Grove began rising due to Matthew’s torrential rains. READ MORE