The National Hurricane Center has issued a Tropical Storm Warning and a Storm Surge Watch for all areas of the Outer Banks due to the expected impacts from an area of low pressure off the southeastern coast of the U.S. This developing system—which is currently identified as Potential Tropical Cyclone 16 by the National Hurricane Center, and which could […]
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Due to tropical storm strength winds and heavy rainfall forecast for tomorrow and continuing into the weekend, Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s Oregon Inlet, Cape Point, Frisco, and Ocracoke campgrounds will close at 12 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22. The campgrounds will reopen once post-storm assessments are completed. Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen is likely to bring tropical […]
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NAGS HEAD — Salina Lynn Moose, 59, of Nags Head, NC, courageously battled ovarian cancer before she passed away on September 19, 2023, at her home. She was born on March 11, 1964, in Statesville, NC. Salina graduated from West Iredell High School in 1982 and graduated from Mitchell Community College with a BA degree. […]
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KILL DEVIL HILLS — Joyce Mildred Edelin, 75, of Kill Devil Hills, NC passed away at her home the morning of September 18, 2023, surrounded by her family. Joyce came to the Outer Banks back in October of 2018 to retire peacefully from the hustle and bustle of DC area traffic…only to be flabbergasted by […]
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MANTEO — Debra Willman of Manteo, NC passed away on September 19, 2023, at the age of 66. She was born on March 3, 1957, in Fresno, CA, to her loving parents Lyla and Otto Willman, Jr. Debra’s journey in the medical field began after her graduation from Fresno State University. With her steadfast determination […]
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Victoria Nadine Caldwell, 88, of Fancy Gap, VA, passed away Tuesday, September 12, 2023, at her home. She was born in Southport, NC, to the late Norley Franklin Britt and Ora Leigh (Holden) Britt Hylton. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her siblings, Norley Franklin Britt, Jr., Elaine Godwin, […]
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Heavy rains, rip currents, and large surf are likely along the Outer Banks as a low pressure system develops off the Southeast coast over the next couple of days and tracks toward the Carolinas through the weekend. A high risk of rip currents is forecast for all Outer Banks beaches beginning on Thursday, September 20. […]
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The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is asking people to please be on the lookout for blue land crabs, Cardisoma guanhumi, and to report sightings. Blue land crabs are non-native species to the Carolinas that look like enormous fiddler crabs. There has been a spate of recent reports of blue land crabs spotted in North Carolina […]
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September has been bringing us some slightly cooler days and great fishing! Although we’ve had to contend with the peak of hurricane season bringing some storms through the area and putting a cramp in many visitors’ plans, it’s certainly not all bad news for anglers. The most recent storm, Hurricane Lee, passed off our coast, […]
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An area of low pressure is forecast to develop off the Southeast coast late this week, which will lift across or just offshore of the Carolinas this weekend, per an update from the National Weather Service (NWS) Newport/Morehead City office. There is still a lot of uncertainty about the strength and track of the system, […]
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