Pockets of localized flooding occurred at Camelot Village Condominiums, the public housing off of South Estes Drive, Brookwood Condominiums and Cleland Drive. Duke Energy also reported roughly 3,000 power outages across Orange County.
Barry McLamb, the emergency management coordinator for the Chapel Hill Fire Department, said Camelot Village Condominiums were the most heavily damaged apartments.
Twelve people had to be evacuated by the fire department due to the flooding. They stayed the night at an emergency shelter set up at Smith Middle School for residents displaced by the flooding or without power. No injuries were reported.
“As usual, the Camelot Village was the heaviest impacted as far as damage — we had six buildings that had water damage there,” McLamb said.
Major flooding has occurred at Camelot Village in 1995, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2013 and 2015. It was constructed in the floodway of Bolin Creek.
As of midday Sunday, 637 customers with Duke Energy in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area had reported power outages, with reports starting as early as Friday. In Carrboro, 36 customers lost power on Hanna Street due to fallen trees and limbs.
Between Durham and Chapel Hill, more than 10,000 customers were reported to have lost power on Saturday.
Many of the outages were due to fallen trees and tree limbs knocked over by heavy gusts of wind and rain. The clean up of trees, debris and flood-impacted areas began Sunday.
