Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Houdini, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Houdini, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/.
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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