The Trinity Bay Trouty was hard hit by Hurricane Igor on Tuesday. (Courtesy of Kim Toope)

People in one eastern Newfoundland community that was hit hard by Hurricane Igor fear many of their displaced neighbours won't come back.

Almost a quarter of the population of Trouty, Trinity Bay — 13 of the approximately 60 people there — were forced to leave after the storm swept through the province on Sept. 21.

At least one of them said he is not going back.

"I know my wife, like, she'll never sleep through another night in Trouty, where we were to before, on a rainy night," said King.

Ernest King told CBC News as he walked along the crushed stone and debris in Trouty where his house used to be. The raging floodwater from Igor swept his house from its foundation. King is now staying in nearby Goose Cove.

Trouty resident Josephine Johnson worries many others will make the same decision as King

"We miss them. People have gone out of the community, and they're still out and we miss that part of the community," she said.

With winter around the corner, compensation still not sorted out and little land available in the small community, it could be many months before those families finally make the decision to move home or resettle somewhere else.