Storm debris pickup scheduled for unincorporated Dare County By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK Debris removal for the unincorporated areas of Dare County, which includes all of Hatteras Island, will begin Monday, July 14. FEMA funding is not available to cover these costs, so the county’s hurricane debris removal contract will not […]
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Dare estimates $1.6 million in damage on Hatteras A preliminary report from Dare County estimates the total damage from Hurricane Arthur at $1.9 million — with $1.6 of that on Hatteras Island. The hurricane passed very close to and then over the Outer Banks in the early morning hours of Friday, July 4. According to […]
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Tideland Electric Membership Cooperative restored power to Ocracoke Island about 9:30 last night, and about 30 minutes later, Hyde County re-opened the island to visitors. Ferries today are running on normal schedules, and businesses on the island, many of which were closed because they had no electricity, are open again. Dare County allowed residents and […]
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Hatteras Island re-opened today after a mandatory evacuation for Hurricane Arthur, which passed close to the Outer Banks early Friday morning with winds of 100 mph. This morning, Dare County announced re-entry to Hatteras for residents and essential personnel. At 4 pm, visitors were allowed to return to the island. The North Carolina Department of […]
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Ocracoke was quieter Saturday, two days after Hurricane Arthur blew through. Many visitors who did not leave in the voluntary evacuation departed, and businesses are closed because of the sporadic power. Ferries to Cedar Island and Swan Quarter were taking visitors and others off the island, but visitors are not allowed on the island until […]
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Hatteras and Ocracoke escaped the severe damage that was predicted as Hurricane Arthur passed to the west of the islands as a 100 mile-per-hour Category 2 storm in the pre-dawn hours this morning. The winds blew at about 90 knots, as advertised, and houses shook and creaked with the gusts. The highest winds lasted a […]
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At 5 p.m., the center of Hurricane Arthur was about 185 miles southwest of Cape Hatteras, moving north/northeast at 13 mph. The winds were still 90 mph, but an increase in wind speed is still expected. The storm is forecast to come perilously close to Cape Hatteras overnight as a Category 2 hurricane with winds […]
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The Ocracoke Control Group for weather emergencies began making preparations today to brace for Tropical Storm Arthur’s arrival. It’s a last-minute action because of the voluntary, not mandatory, evacuation. Darlene Styron, a former county commissioner and owner of the Sweet Tooth, said that while she was commissioner, the county worked on a hurricane plan and […]
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Hurricane Arthur’s winds increased to 90 mph this morning and it is now forecast to pass perilously close to Cape Hatteras tonight as a Category 2 hurricane. At 11 this morning, the storm was off the South Carolina coast — 260 miles southwest of Cape Hatteras. It was moving to the north/northeast at 10 mph. Meteorological […]
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Juliann and Ryan Wentz of York, Pa., were disappointed Wednesday afternoon at having to cut short their week vacation on Ocracoke because of the pending arrival of Tropical Storm Arthur. “After the winter we had up in Pennsylvania, we were so looking forward to Ocracoke,” Wentz said as they packed up their children and dog […]
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