SURE FAMILIES ARE
PREPARED FOR
HURRICANE SEASON.
WHEN IT COMES TO
RECOVERING FROM A
POTENTIAL DISASTER...
THERE CAN BE LEGAL
HURDLES IF HOMES OR
PROPERTIES ARE
IMPACTED.
9 ON YOUR SIDE'S
AARON DEANE IN LIVE IN
OUR NEWSROOM WITH
EFFORTS BY THE NORTH
CAROLINA PRO BONO
RESOURCE CENTER.
HURRICANE
FLORENCE MAY HAVE
BEEN IN 20-18 BUT SOME
PEOPLE HERE IN THE
EAST ARE STILL FEELING
THE LEGAL IMPACTS OF
IT.
ACCORDING TO
NOAA...
FLORENCE CAUSED
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
DAMAGE....
LEAVING PEOPLE ALL
OVER OUR AREA
WONDERING WHAT'S
NEXT.
THE NORTH CAROLINA
PRO BONO RESOURCE
CENTER IS CURRENTLY
OFFERING FREE LEGAL
INFORMATION TO THOSE
STILL RECOVERING AND
THOSE WHO NEED TO
PREPARE FOR A
POTENTIAL NATURAL
DISASTER.
ATTORNEYS ARE ABLE
TO ANSWER HURRICANE
RELATED QUESTIONS
ABOUT LANDLORD-
TENANT ISSUES,
CONSUMER FRAUD
CONFLICTS, AND
GOVERNMENT BENEFITS.
"When you have something
horrible happen to you, you
are so emotional about it.
As you should be.
It's really hard to figure out
how to tell this story in a way
that the person doesn't get
clouded by emotion, anger
things like that.
So we can be helpful that
way."
SHE SAYS THESE
UNMET LEGAL NEEDS
HEAVILY IMPACT MORE
THAN 600 THOUSAND
PEOPLE WHO ARE
ELIGIBLE FOR CIVIL
LEGAL AID IN THE 34
NORTH CAROLINA
COUNTIES DESIGNATED
AS DISASTER AREAS.
IN THE NEXT HALF
HOUR OF MORNING
EDITION I'LL TELL YOU
HOW THE SAME
ORGANIZATION IS
LOOKING TO HELP SMALL
BUSINESSES AND NON-
PROFITS WITH THEIR
LEGAL NEEDS DURING
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.
IN THE NEWSROOM
AARON DEANE 9 ON YOUR
SIDE
LET'S HEAD BACK
OVER TO ALEX NOW FOR
