A Coastal Flood Advisory has been issued for the Outer Banks area from 5 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Wednesday, September 27, per an update from the National Weather Service. The Coastal Flood Advisory is for all Dare County beaches from Duck to Hatteras Village. Up to 1 to 2 feet of inundation above ground […]
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The Dare County Department of Health & Human Services in conjunction with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are issuing a precautionary advisory due to impacts from petroleum contaminated soils likely exposed by recent beach erosion near […]
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A team of local volunteers who perform the weekly Beach Apparatus Drill reenactment at the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station in Rodanthe gave a special performance 700 miles away from home at the annual U.S. Life-Saving Service Heritage Association (USLSSHA) Conference in Maine. The September 23 event coincided with the official reopening of Maine’s Wood Island Life-Saving Station after an […]
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“Dialogue With A Director“ is the title of an upcoming community education series to be hosted monthly at the Baum Center in Kill Devil Hills. The regularly scheduled sessions (starting in October) at the Baum Center will feature guest speaker and funeral director, Courtney N. Gallop of Gallop Funeral Services, Inc. Courtney N. Gallop is […]
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Registration is currently open for the 14th annual North Carolina Beach Buggy Association (NCBBA) Red Drum Tournament, which is scheduled for Wednesday, October 25, to Saturday, October 28. The tournament offers miles of naturally isolated fishing grounds along the Cape Hatteras Seashore with anglers enjoying the exceptional fall fishing opportunities on the Outer Banks. Anglers […]
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The Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry, Ocracoke-Cedar Island ferry, and Ocracoke-Swan Quarter ferry resumed regular operations on Sunday morning, September 24, per an update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division. Ferry service was suspended starting on Friday due to high winds and hazardous weather conditions stemming from Tropical Storm Ophelia. For a complete schedule for all ferry routes, […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial are reopening all facilities, except for the Cape Point Campground in Buxton, at normal times on Sunday, Sept. 24, following a temporary closure due to Tropical Storm Ophelia. Cape Point Campground is flooded and may reopen in the coming days. Reservations […]
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Soundside flooding was reported in multiple locations on Hatteras Island on Saturday afternoon, including side streets in Avon, in the Tri-villages communities of Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo, and on northern Pea Island. Road conditions per a 6:15 p.m. Saturday update from the Dare County Sheriff’s Offices are as follows: N.C. Highway 12 in the Tri-Villages […]
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Video from U.S. Coast Guard The Coast Guard rescued five people Friday from an anchored 38-foot catamaran that was beset by weather conditions caused by Tropical Storm Ophelia within Lookout Bight in Cape Lookout, North Carolina. The owner of sailing vessel Wanderful Life used a cell phone to call Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders on Friday […]
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Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall near Emerald Isle at 6:20 a.m. on Saturday morning at near-hurricane strength, and while N.C. Highway 12 was open on Saturday morning, soundside flooding remains a concern as Ophelia tracks north through Eastern North Carolina. “N.C. 12 remains open and passable with many areas of sand and water on the […]
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