Fayetteville residents coping with damage from Florence and Matthew

Two years ago today, Hurricane Matthew brought devastating flooding to North Carolina when it killed 31 people in North Carolina and caused $4.8 billion in damage.

Some families in Fayetteville are facing hardships again -- this time from Hurricane Florence.

For residents who live on Pennystone Drive in Fayetteville, residents were forced to evacuate during both storms because of flooding.

Water from the nearby Rockfish Creek spilled into the Southwood subdivision, damage from Florence, which came ashore across North Carolina last month.

The damage Matthew caused here includes houses on Pennystone Drive that were destroyed from the high water.

One resident told WRAL News that she couldn't return to her neighborhood for at least a year, and she did not expect to see more damage from Florence just two years later.

Cumberland was one of 28 counties in North Carolina to receive federal disaster aid during Florence -- and one of 45 during Hurricane Matthew.