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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Ocean overwash on N.C. Highway 12 was reported on Thursday morning in northern Rodanthe, and periods of overwash and beach erosion are expected to continue over the next several days, especially around high tide, and mainly north of Cape Hatteras. NCDOT crews are currently clearing sand from N.C. Highway 12 as of Thursday morning, however, motorists should […]
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Despite strong northeast winds that gusted to more than 20 mph, the 5th Annual Fish Like a Girl Tournament drew a large, pink-hued crowd to the Avon Pier for an action-packed morning of fishing and fundraising for a very worthy local cause. The annual tournament is held the first week of October every year, and […]
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A high risk of rip currents continues on Monday for all of the Outer Banks, per a Monday morning update from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. A combination of elevated seas and onshore winds will produce dangerous surf conditions today throughout the Outer Banks with surf heights of 3-6 feet. The […]
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The Frisco Really Free Market, which has become a central spot post-Dorian to drop off donations and pick up supplies, has revised its schedule for the next two weeks, per market organizers. The Free Market at the Frisco Fire Station will be open on Saturday, October 5, and will then shift to a three-day-per-week schedule, […]
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A high risk of rip currents continues on Friday for the Outer Banks, and especially north of Cape Hatteras, per a Friday morning update from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. Long period swells will continue to impact the Outer Banks beaches today, with surf heights of 3-5 feet. The swell energy […]
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