The National Park Service is urging visitors to use “extreme caution” on the beaches of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore during this weekend’s stormy weather. A persistent area of low pressure to the southeast of Cape Hatteras and a high pressure to the north have combined to produce consistent moderate to strong northeast winds all […]
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Coast Guard Sector North Carolina yesterday began enforcing a regulated navigation area for the navigable waters surrounding the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge in Oregon Inlet. Vessels with a draft greater than 5 feet are not allowed within 100 yards of the Bonner Bridge until further notice. With Hatteras Inlet experiencing similar shoaling and navigational conditions, […]
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It now appears that there is no end to the torrential rains, high winds, and heavy seas that are battering the Outer Banks until the end of the weekend. The National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., says that the combination of a strong high pressure to the north and low pressure to the south will […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., has issued a coastal flood advisory until 6 p.m. today for areas north of Cape Hatteras. In addition, the high surf advisory issued earlier in the week continues today, also until 6 p.m. At the same time, the Weather Service is keeping […]
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If the week’s ghastly and gloomy weather clears out by Sunday night, sky watchers on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands will be treated to not only a “supermoon” but also to a full moon glowing with the reddish tint of a lunar eclipse — a so-called “blood” moon. September’s super blood moon is also known as […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., late this afternoon extended the coastal flood advisory for the Outer Banks north of Cape Hatteras until 1 a.m. Sunday. Moderate to strong northeast winds will continue into the weekend and will combine with above normal astronomical tides to push water levels […]
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Next spring when a single mother in Newton takes her old car to the Jiffy Lube for an oil change, she will be in for quite a surprise. It is going to cost her 6.75 percent more, thanks to the budget passed by the House and Senate and signed by Gov. Pat McCrory that for […]
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Finding remedies for clogged channels in Hatteras Inlet has been moving along at a typical bureaucratic crawl, spurring frustrated members of the Dare County Oregon Inlet and Waterways Commission to investigate whether dredging the “cut-through” area near Ocracoke could be a faster way to provide ocean passage for charter vessels. “We have the permits to […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation Ferry Division is warning motorists to check ahead if their travel includes the ferries in the next few days. Windy and rainy conditions brought by a storm off the coast of the Outer Banks may cause a disruption to the ferry schedules in the area — perhaps into the weekend. […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s resource management staff has prepared a list of ramps open for night driving to keep beachgoers up-to-date on the status of ORV routes. The seashore opened beaches without turtle nests approaching a hatch window to night-driving on Sept. 16, but buffers continue to keep night drivers at least a half-mile from […]
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