After a temporary closure that coincided with Saturday evening’s high tide, N.C. Highway 12 reopened from Rodanthe to Oregon Inlet at approximately 9:45 p.m. on Saturday night. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) stated in a Saturday night update that there is still sand and water on the roadway in several places between Oregon […]
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As of 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, northbound traffic on N.C. Highway 12 was backed up to at least the KOA campground and was at a standstill as visitors waited for N.C. Highway 12 to reopen. NCDOT reports that crews are still working on both ends of the road closure, and are diligently trying to open the […]
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Island Free Press photographer Don Bowers captured these images of Avon and Buxton on Friday, which saw some of the highest water levels during the days-long storm that affected the Outer Banks this week. Suptropical Storm Melissa brought multiple periods of oceanside flooding and overwash to Hatteras and Ocracoke islands over the past several days, […]
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Power was restored to Hatteras and Ocracoke islands at approximately 9 a.m. on Saturday morning, as Nags Head Fire & Rescue was able to assist the Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative in spraying and washing away the salt contamination. If your power did not come back on, please call CHEC at 866-511-9862. NCDOT crews are continually working […]
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3:15 p.m. UPDATE: In a brief Saturday afternoon update, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) stated that they are making progress between the Oregon Inlet Bridge and Rodanthe where N.C. Highway 12 still remains closed as of 3:20 p.m. “We are CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC that we may be able to open the road briefly […]
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The highest water levels along the oceanside are expected to occur several hours before and several hours after this evening’s high tide, which is around 7:00 to 7:30 p.m., per a Friday afternoon update from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. Flooding will once again occur in the same areas as the […]
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Per a 2:30 p.m. update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), N.C. Highway 12 remains closed north of Rodanthe, but crews are working as hard as they can to reopen the road for a brief window before the next high tide at about 7:30 p.m. The last high tide cycle deposited a large […]
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Oceanside flooding was reported in Rodanthe, northern Buxton, and central Avon near Ocean View Drive as of 7:00 a.m. on Friday morning, and overwash is expected to continue over the next several high tide cycles, and especially north of Cape Hatteras. N.C. Highway 12 is temporarily closed from Rodanthe to the Oregon Inlet Bridge due […]
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Although N.C. Highway 12 was able to temporarily reopen in northern Rodanthe at around midnight on Thursday, the highway closed again at 6:00 a.m. on Friday from the Oregon Inlet Bridge to Rodanthe due to ocean overwash. NCDOT stated in a Friday morning update that they are hoping to reopen the highway by 6 p.m. NCDOT […]
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N.C. Highway 12 temporarily closed near Blue Sea Road in Rodanthe on Thursday night due to oceanside flooding that accompanied Thursday evening’s high tide. It was reported that roughly eight cars had gotten stuck in the sand and saltwater near the S-Curves north of Rodanthe as of 8:00 p.m., and that efforts were underway to […]
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