From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Another oceanfront home has fallen into the Atlantic Ocean along Rodanthe, as waves from distant Hurricane Ernesto continue to build. Chicamacomico Fire and Rescue posted video of the house located at 23214 East Corbina Drive floating into the breakers Friday evening. Dare County property records show the 1,428 square foot residence was built in […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com While Hurricane Ernesto is forecast stay more than 700 miles off the North Carolina coast, the Outer Banks will see large surf and dangerous rip currents through the weekend. “Like we have experienced before, this does not mean we will escape impacts from the storm,” said forecasters at the National Weather Service office […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The Ocracoke Express passenger ferry will not operate this Sunday, August 18, due to routine scheduled maintenance. The catamaran-style vessel, which is now in its sixth season, transports passengers via a 70-minute trip between Hatteras Village and Silver Lake Harbor in Ocracoke Village. It was created to alleviate summertime congestion on the popular […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com While the fifth tropical cyclone of the 2024 season is forecast to stay well away from North Carolina, it will still have some impacts along the Outer Banks starting Friday. Tropical Storm Ernesto was moving through the northern Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Tuesday evening. The latest forecasts from […]
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By SamWalkerOBXNews.com The agenda has been set for the quarterly meeting of the North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission to be held in Raleigh next week, in the midst of a war of words with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission about a recreational flounder season taking place this year. Only one item on the agenda of the […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries has released its annual review of management plans for various species in the state’s coastal waters. The annual Fishery Management Plan Review summarizes available information, such as long-term trends in catch, biological data, and management through 2023 for North Carolina state-managed species. It also provides links […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Flooding rains and deadly rip currents into this weekend continue to be the primary issue for northeastern North Carolina from what is now Tropical Storm Debby. The center of the fourth tropical cyclone of 2024 came ashore as a hurricane Monday morning in the Big Bend area of Florida, and has since been […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The war of words, and differing strategies, over a 2024 recreational flounder season in North Carolina waters continued this week, as the head of the commission that oversees the state’s coastal waters said they will be sticking to their original plans of keeping the fishery closed. Rob Bizzell, chair of the N.C. Marine […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A disturbance making its way across the central tropical Atlantic is being watched by weather forecasters for potential development, but it’s still too soon to know exactly where it will go or how strong it may get. The National Hurricane Center on Monday afternoon gave the system, which is expected to interact with […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The battle over whether or not there will be a recreational flounder season in North Carolina waters this year intensified last week, as the state Wildlife Resources Commission voted to open a four-day season in waters under their jurisdiction in September. In a letter from Wildlife Resources Chairman Monty Crump to Marine Fisheries […]
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