Effective at 12:00 pm Monday, September 10, 2018, the Hyde County Board of Commissioners have declared a state of emergency for all of Hyde County and a mandatory visitor evacuation of Ocracoke Island due to the potential impact of hurricane Florence. Hurricane Florence is projected to be a major hurricane with landfall somewhere in the […]
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Florence strengthened to a Category 4 with maximum winds of 140 mph on Monday, and is headed towards a Thursday afternoon or evening landfall, per the 5:30 p.m. update from the National Weather Service (NWS) Newport / Morehead City office. Both Hatteras and Ocracoke islands issued mandatory evacuations for residents and visitors on Monday, with […]
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Ocean overwash was reported on Pea Island near the new Captain Richard Etheridge Bridge and by the Pea Island Visitors Center on Monday morning around high tide. NCDOT reports that ocean overwash will likely happen again in the area, and get may worse at the next high tide tonight, which is at roughly 8:45 p.m. […]
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A state of emergency has been issued and a mandatory evacuation order for all visitors and residents on Hatteras Island will be in effect beginning Monday, September 10 at 12 p.m. This includes all areas of Hatteras Island including the villages of Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Avon, Buxton, Frisco and Hatteras Village. A mandatory evacuation for […]
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Confidence is increasing that Florence will approach the East Coast as a major hurricane, per the Sunday morning update from the National Weather Service (NWS) Newport / Morehead City office. The probability of hurricane force winds is increasing across eastern North Carolina, and Florence will intensify rapidly over the next few days, and will likely […]
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Starting today, large swells and high threats of rip currents associated with Tropical Storm Florence will produce life-threatening ocean conditions along Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) beaches. Due to these conditions, Superintendent David Hallac is strongly urging all beach visitors to stay out of the Atlantic Ocean until dangerous conditions subside. Tropical Storm Florence is […]
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Though it is still too early to pin down a potential location for landfall, confidence is increasing that Florence will have significant impacts for portions of the Southeast coast, per the Saturday morning update from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. As of Saturday morning, Florence remains a tropical storm, but is […]
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BY MARK JURKOWITZ The Outer Banks Sentinel The conventional wisdom is that no one really pays attention to fall elections until Labor Day arrives and the tourists leave. And with the Nov. 6 balloting only two months away, the local campaigns are certain to heat up. The last time there was a similar even-year election […]
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Though the forecast track for Florence is still uncertain, the probability for tropical storm-strength winds has increased for Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, per the Saturday evening update from the National Weather Service (NWS) Newport / Morehead City office. Confidence continues to increase that Florence will intensify rapidly over the next few days, and the current […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) recently identified 138 regional highway, aviation, ferry, rail and transit projects it anticipates funding and scheduling for construction over the next decade. These projects included a second vessel for the new Ocracoke passenger ferry route, (which is slated to be up and running in 2019), as well as an […]
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