Most off-road vehicle ramps at the Cape National Seashore have now reopened, but a few remain closed because of the flooding caused by two weeks of torrential rain and ocean overwash in late September and earlier this month. The four ramps still closed are in Buxton, Frisco, and Ocracoke. They are Ramps 43, 44, and […]
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Cape Hatteras National Park Service officials have reopened almost all visitor facilities and off-road vehicle ramps in the aftermath of a coastal storm that flooded beaches and other areas of the park and eroded dunes. The exception is in the Buxton-Frisco area, where Ramps 43, 44, and 49 and the Cape Point Campground remain closed. […]
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Early in the last week of September, it began to look as if a coastal storm was brewing for the last weekend of the month. That made me more anxious than usual. Coastal storms are not usually life-threatening, but they sure can be a nuisance with high winds, pounding waves, and ocean overwash. In addition, […]
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Ocracoke Island will reopen to visitors, starting on Thursday, Oct. 8. after having been closed for a week because of last week’s threat from Hurricane Joaquin and then the coastal storm that lasted into yesterday. The North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division began running limited sound ferry service this afternoon and plans to resume […]
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Residents, visitors, and emergency ma nagers on the Outer Banks are breathing a big sigh of relief, but we’re not in the clear yet. Hatteras and Ocracoke islands are in for more heavy rain and punishing surf between now and Monday. “There’s an upper low, a northeaster-type low, that would have affected us anyway, even […]
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It now appears that there is no end to the torrential rains, high winds, and heavy seas that are battering the Outer Banks until the end of the weekend. The National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., says that the combination of a strong high pressure to the north and low pressure to the south will […]
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Hatteras islander Jarvis Williams, who owns an Exxon gas station in Buxton, went to Manteo last Monday to tell the Dare County Board of Commissioners what he thinks of their continued hammering on gas prices in Dare County. He hadn’t signed up to speak during the time the commissioners set aside to hear from gas […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., late this afternoon extended the coastal flood advisory for the Outer Banks north of Cape Hatteras until 1 a.m. Sunday. Moderate to strong northeast winds will continue into the weekend and will combine with above normal astronomical tides to push water levels […]
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If the week’s ghastly and gloomy weather clears out by Sunday night, sky watchers on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands will be treated to not only a “supermoon” but also to a full moon glowing with the reddish tint of a lunar eclipse — a so-called “blood” moon. September’s super blood moon is also known as […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., has issued a coastal flood advisory until 6 p.m. today for areas north of Cape Hatteras. In addition, the high surf advisory issued earlier in the week continues today, also until 6 p.m. At the same time, the Weather Service is keeping […]
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