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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Pandemic, labor shortage keep hurricane victims in limbo

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Nearly six years after flood damage from Hurricane Matthew displaced Thad Artis from his home in Goldsboro, North Carolina, he has still not been placed in permanent housing.

Living alone in a motel for the last two years, growing increasingly frustrated with what he considers empty promises of swift action from government officials, the 68-year-old spends every penny on his wife’s health care after a stroke left her unable to walk.

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