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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Ocean overwash was reported on N.C. Highway 12 in Avon as of 11:00 a.m. on Saturday near Ocean View Drive and the Food Lion plaza. As of 11:00 a.m., overwash had not yet significantly impacted N.C. Highway 12 in Rodanthe, Frisco, Buxton or Hatteras, however, flooding was reported near residences and side streets along the […]
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A High Wind Warning, Coastal Flood Warning and High Surf Advisory are currently in effect for Dare County as a coastal storm moves through our area. Strong winds, heavy rain, large waves, and life-threatening coastal flooding will bring significant impacts with conditions expected to deteriorate throughout Saturday afternoon and into Sunday. Persistent high winds with […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation has suspended operations on one of its ferry routes and could suspend others depending on impacts from a strong storm lashing the North Carolina coast. On Friday afternoon, the state Ferry Division suspended operations on its Hatteras to Ocracoke-Silver Lake ferry route due to the strong storm. Ferry personnel are monitoring […]
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Hatteras Island was mostly quiet on Friday evening, with local grocery store parking lots moderately full, as islanders made last-minute preparations for an upcoming weekend storm that is expected to bring ocean overwash, coastal flooding, high winds, and heavy rains until early next week. The imminent nor’easter, which is expected to peak on midday […]
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In the midst of a blustery cold front, with a coastal storm headed to the Outer Banks this weekend, members of the Dare County Waterways Commission on Tuesday were worried that the current navigable conditions in Hatteras Inlet would suffer. Part of their concern was focused on the lapsed agreement that has delayed maintenance dredging […]
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