North Carolina deals with catastropic flooding Published January 4, 2019 at 1000 × 667 in North Carolina deals with catastropic flooding Burgaw, a town in Pender County, N.C., is home to around 4,000 according to the 2010 U.S Census. Fender County has a population 60,000 is an estimated 25 percent underwater after Hurricane Florence devastated the area.