The impacts of Hurricane Matthew and the status of the Dare County’s recovery from the storm dominated much of the meeting of the Board of Commissioners on Monday evening, Oct. 17. “My heart breaks for all those from Duck to Hatteras village who suffered damage in the storm,” said Commissioner Bob Woodard during his chairman’s […]
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The body of a 17-year-old visitor who went missing while swimming in the surf in Rodanthe washed up last night just before 10 p.m. north of the Avon Pier. The 17-year-old was swimming in about chest-deep water with a 16-year-old friend just south of the Rodanthe Pier on Thursday, Oct. 13, when they were pulled […]
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What a difference a week makes. A week ago, on Friday, Oct. 7, we were getting ready for the quirky, dangerous, and difficult-to-forecast Hurricane Matthew. We had already suffered through a week of forecast tracks that changed daily, if not twice a day. However, by Friday, most folks on Hatteras Island, at least, had decided […]
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The National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City has extended the coastal flood advisory it issued earlier this week until next Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 8 p.m. The advisory is for the coastal waters and counties adjacent to the Pamlico Sound, including Hatteras and Ocracoke. In addition, the Weather Service has issued a coastal hazards statement […]
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Dare County said today that Hurricane Matthew’s sweep through Dare County caused $43 million in damages to almost 4,500 structures in Dare County — more than half of the damage was on Hatteras Island. Inspectors from the county’s tax office have been fanning out through the county all week to compile the estimates, which are […]
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The two barges that broke loose from near the Bonner Bridge construction site during Hurricane Matthew’s assault with high winds and storm surge on the Outer Banks on Sunday morning are still grounded in Avon. The contractor on the bridge replacement project, PCL Civil Constructors, is working with the N.C. Department of Transportation and other […]
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Two teen-aged boys who were swimming south of the Rodanthe Pier this afternoon were pulled out into the ocean, apparently by a large breaking wave. One of the two teens made it back safely to the beach, but the other was still missing at dark. Cape Hatteras National Seashore chief ranger Boone Vandzura said a […]
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Even as many islanders on southern Hatteras, especially in Hatteras village, continued to clean up from last weekend’s devastating storm surge from Hurricane Matthew, the National Weather Service issued a coastal flood advisory for Hatteras and Ocracoke through next Monday, Oct. 17. Also today, the Dare County Emergency Management’s Joint Information Center issued a news […]
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The Hatteras Village fire station was swarming with activity on Tuesday afternoon as volunteers from all across the island congregated in the central location to pick up work crew assignments, help serve lunch to hungry volunteers and residents, and assist with the massive clean-up that is ongoing in Hatteras village in the wake of Hurricane […]
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Erin Vetter has lived in Hatteras village for four years with her husband, Danny. Like many others, they vacationed here from their home in the Washington, D.C. area and one day decided to make the move. Danny still works, mostly from home, for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, but Erin, who has a degree […]
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