UNCW students move out of University Apartments for indefinite future

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Move-out day for some UNCW students came earlier expected. Students living in the University Apartments had to move out Saturday morning due to damage from Hurricane Florence.

Around 400 students started moving out at 10 am Saturday. They were told Friday evening that apartments will be closed until further notice.

Students were re-assigned to new apartments. Most people were placed on campus, but one student says his roommate had to be placed in a nearby hotel.

“To find out that it was all just not going to go back to the way it was at all and just be a thousand times worse, that was just super stressful. Because we were supposed to move back, I woke up super early. I was ready to go. then they were like ‘Oh wait, don’t come back.’ Then likes 10 minutes later, they were like, ‘Okay, you can come back.’ Then they were like, ‘no,'” said freshman Matthew Michelotti.

Michelotti says he wishes the university had communicated more with them about the situation. The university did have volunteers to help students move out.