On Wednesday evening, the Hyde County Board of Commissioners voted to allow visitors back on Ocracoke Island on December 2, 2019. Ocracoke Island has been under an evacuation order since September 4, which was two days before Hurricane Dorian made landfall at Cape Hatteras. Originally, the Ocracoke Control Group recommended lifting the evacuation on November [...] Local News |  Full Article

N.C. Highway 12 reopened in between and Rodanthe and Oregon Inlet at noon on Wednesday. Motorists should drive slowly and stay alert as some water and sand remains on the road, and maintenance crews are still working nearby to fortify damaged dunes. N.C. Department of Transportation crews have been working since last weekend to remove [...] Local News |  Full Article

Per an update from Dare County Public Works, residential trash collection took place in Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, and Avon this morning, Wednesday, November 20. There are some roads that did not get picked up due to remaining sand and water. The normal schedule is anticipated to resume tomorrow. Residential collection: Thursday, November 21 – Buxton, [...] Local News |  Full Article

Patches of deep sand and standing saltwater remained on sections of N.C. Highway 12 and in local oceanside neighborhoods on Wednesday morning in areas where multiple cycles of ocean overwash occurred with this past weekend’s nor’easter. Sand and saltwater was reported in central Avon near Ocean View Drive, in northern Hatteras and north Buxton, and [...] Local News |  Full Article

Per a Tuesday night update from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, the light in the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is currently not rotating and is stuck in a fixed position. However, the U.S. Coast Guard has been notified, and will dispatch a technician to fix the issue. Though the lighthouse itself is managed by the National [...] Local News |  Full Article

The weekend storm that pummeled the Outer Banks with two days of sustained winds of 30-plus mph and gusts much higher wreaked havoc on NC 12 and caused the ferry system to suspend operations. Monday morning the Cedar Island and Swan Quarter ferries resumed their regular schedules. The Ocracoke/Hatteras run remained shut down and the NCDOT [...] Local News |  Full Article

Per a Tuesday afternoon update, state transportation officials hope to reopen N.C. Highway 12 between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe on Wednesday if no additional damage is found. The stretch of N.C. 12 on Hatteras Island has been closed since 5 p.m. Saturday. A powerful storm washed out several dunes and blew sand and ocean overwash [...] Local News |  Full Article

Per a Monday morning update from Dare County Public Works, residential trash collection took place in Hatteras, Frisco, and Buxton this morning, Tuesday, November 19. There were a few oceanfront areas in Buxton that were not completed due to sand and water on the roads. Commercial collection took place throughout Hatteras Island today with the [...] Local News |  Full Article

Flooding that had accompanied multiple high tide cycles during this weekend’s nor’easter had noticeably receded by Tuesday morning, however, piles of sand and standing water remained on portions of N.C. Highway 12 and adjacent roadways. As of 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, standing water was reported on N.C. Highway 12 in northern Hatteras village, in sections [...] Local News |  Full Article

As of Monday night at 7:00 p.m., N.C. Highway 12 from Oregon Inlet to Rodanthe remained closed as sections of the road were covered with sand and water due to dune breaches and ocean overwash, per an update from the N.C. Department of Transportation. Conditions remain poor on N.C. Highway 12 and ocean overwash is [...] Local News |  Full Article

The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a discharge of diesel from a semi-submerged tugboat in the vicinity of the Old Bonner Bridge in Oregon Inlet. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received the report of a sheen by a 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet at approximately 10:00 [...] Local News |  Full Article

Though high winds and heavy rains had diminished by Monday afternoon as the low pressure system moved away from the Outer Banks area, Monday morning’s high tide brought a new wave of ocean overwash in vulnerable areas where dunes had been breached or destroyed. Northern Hatteras village, northern Buxton, central Avon, and north Rodanthe and [...] Local News |  Full Article

Another round of ocean overwash rapidly flooded N.C. Highway 12 and adjacent roadways in multiple locations with Monday morning’s high tide at approximately 11:00 a.m. Additional overwash was reported on N.C. Highway 12 in Avon near Ocean View Drive, in Rodanthe and Pea Island, in northern Buxton, and in northern Hatteras village. NCDOT announced on [...] Local News |  Full Article

The N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) resumed operations on four of its coastal ferry routes on Monday morning. During the weekend, NCDOT was forced to close all seven ferry routes due to strong winds and heavy rain from a powerful storm. Four ferry routes – Ocracoke-Swan Quarter, Ocracoke-Cedar Island, Aurora-Bayview, and Cherry Branch-Minnesott Beach – resumed [...] Local News |  Full Article

Per a Monday morning update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation, N.C. Highway 12 is still closed from Rodanthe to Oregon Inlet as sections of the highway are covered with sand and water due to dune breaches and ocean overwash. Conditions remain poor on N.C. 12 and ocean overwash is continuing to inundate the road [...] Local News |  Full Article