He hadn’t eaten for two days, and his feet ached from walking to and from the homeless shelter where he usually sleeps, to check whether it had reopened. Homeless shelters have seen an influx of people who rode out the storm at emergency evacuation centers but now have nowhere to go. “In eastern North Carolina, we don’t have Spanish media. There are at least 150,000 farmworkers in North Carolina, according to the North Carolina Farmworker Health Program, and about 13,000 homeless residents, according to the National Coalition for the Homeless. A relative from out of state made some calls for her and told her about the community shelter.

Source: Washington Post September 18, 2018 00:05 UTC