Ocean overwash continued to impact N.C. Highway 12 several hours after Sunday morning’s high tide, which occurred at approximately 10:30 a.m. Deep ocean water was reported in Avon from Ace Hardware to north of the Avon Pier, from Rodanthe to Oregon Inlet, and in northern Buxton. Significant oceanside flooding was also reported on N.C. Highway […]
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Per a Sunday morning update from NCDOT, N.C. Highway 12 is still closed between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe and will only be reopened when state transportation officials determine it is safe to do so. The N.C. Department of Transportation officials closed the road on Hatteras Island at 5 p.m. Saturday. NCDOT officials have been assessing […]
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Significant ocean overwash on N.C. Highway 12 was reported just before Sunday morning’s high tide at 10:30 a.m. in Avon, north Buxton, and northern Rodanthe, and overwash was reportedly starting to occur on southern Hatteras Island in Hatteras village. Deep water was reported on N.C. Highway 12 from the Ace Hardware in Avon to north […]
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Ocean overwash was increasing and affecting N.C. Highway 12 as of 8:30 a.m. on Sunday. Coastal flooding was reported in Avon from the Ace Hardware to the Avon Pier, and in north Buxton. Ocean overwash was also starting to breach the dunes in northern Rodanthe. N.C. Highway 12 was reportedly passable with limited standing water […]
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Ocean overwash accompanied Saturday night’s high tide, and waters continued to affect N.C. Highway 12 as of 7:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, several hours before the next high tide cycle at around 10:30 a.m. As of Sunday morning, overwash was reported on stretches of N.C. Highway 12 in Avon near Ocean View Drive and the […]
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N.C. Highway 12 closed at 5 p.m. on Saturday evening as conditions continued to deteriorate with the weekend nor’easter. As of late Saturday afternoon, major ocean overwash had not yet been reported throughout the island, however, water levels in the Pamlico Sound had noticeably dropped on northern Hatteras Island, and particularly in the Tri-villages area. […]
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Per county and state officials, N.C. Highway 12 will be closing at 5 p.m. from Oregon Inlet to Rodanthe on Saturday, November 16. The coastal storm has made travel along N.C. 12, the Outer Banks main thoroughfare, dangerous, NCDOT officials said on Saturday afternoon. There is almost no visibility due to windblown sand accumulating on the highway […]
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Ocean overwash on N.C. Highway 12 was limited to Avon village near Ocean View Drive as of 1:45 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, with no overwash reported yet in Buxton, Rodanthe, and southern Hatteras Island. However, the worst impacts of the coastal storm are expected to begin late Saturday, with storm surge inundation of 2 to […]
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State transportation officials are warning drivers to be extremely cautious if they must travel on N.C. Highway 12 along the Outer Banks as a powerful storm is bringing dangerous winds and heavy rain to the coast. This morning, crews with the N.C. Department of Transportation have been using front-end loaders and other equipment to clear […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation suspended operations on six of its seven ferry routes at 8 a.m. Saturday and will be monitoring the strong storm on the N.C. coast to determine when operations can resume. Due to heavy wind and rain, operations have been suspended on the ferry routes to and from Ocracoke Island, and the Currituck-Knotts […]
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