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Outer Banks, Hurricane Erin and North Carolina

Hurricane Erin’s massive waves threaten to isolate North Carolina’s Outer Banks

Officials have ordered evacuations of Hatteras and Ocracoke islands even without a hurricane warning because that tiny ribbon of highway called N.C. 12 will likely be torn up and washed out in several places,

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Hurricane Erin forces evacuations on North Carolina's Outer Banks, threatens dangerous rip currents

Hurricane Erin is forcing evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks as it threatens to whip up wild waves and tropical force winds.

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Hurricane Erin threatens Outer Banks’ vital infrastructure

Hurricane Erin’s waves could wash out N.C. 12, cutting off Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. Evacuations ordered as Outer Banks brace for isolation.

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Flooding on Hatteras Island, crews work on OBX dunes along NC 12 amid storm surge warning from Hurricane Erin

NCDOT officials said "given the winds, wave heights and storm surge forecast, it likely won't be enough" to keep NC 12 from ...

Evacuations ordered for Hatteras Island, Ocracoke; state of emergency declared

Several days of heavy surf and high winds and waves could wash out parts of NC 12, which connects the popular vacation spot ...

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As evacuations begin on Outer Banks, forecasters warn of Erin’s effects in Hampton Roads

Forecasters say the monster storm will turn away from the eastern U.S. and won’t make landfall. But they predict it will ...

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This Outer Banks Island Has 70 Miles of Wild Beaches and the Tallest Lighthouse in the U.S.

See the historic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, the tallest lighthouse in the U.S. Plan your visit for the fall, when the temperatures are still mild and the summer tourists have left. “There are things we ...

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