NC Highway 12 on Hatteras Island remains closed after extensive ocean overwash and multiple dune breaches. The most damage is at the northern ends of Buxton and Hatteras Village, as well as along Pea ... Read More

It's unlikely access to Hatteras Island will reopen Saturday, as ocean overwash from Hurricane Erin continues to cover parts of Highway 12. In an update Friday ... Read More

The parking lot north of the pony pens. Photo by Byron Atkinson NCDOT reported late this afternoon that NC HIghway12 remains closed south of the Basnight Bridge to Hatteras Village and on the ... Read More

Hwy 12 will stay closed at the Marc Basnight Bridge and on the north end of Ocracoke at this time. The North Carolina Department of Transportation says this morning's high tide opened up two new dune ... Read More

NC 12 has closed from Oregon Inlet to Hatteras Village, and is also closed on north end of Ocracoke Island due to unsafe road conditions brought on by ocean overwash from Hurricane Erin. Read More

Hurricane Erin is heading north-northwest in the southwestern Atlantic. Erin is a category 2 storm, with 105 mile per hour winds. The track should move about 22 ... Read More

Hurricane Erin is marching north and is set to bring life-threatening rip currents, destructive waves, coastal flooding and possibly beach erosion to much of the East Coast. The conditions will last ... Read More

Hurricane Erin is moving northeast, away from North Carolina's coast, on Thursday morning, but flooding impacts could linger in the Outer Banks. Read More

Mandatory evacuation orders are in place along the Outer Banks of North Carolina amid fears islands may be cut off from the main highway. Read More

Residents across North Carolina's Outer Banks and coast braced for flooding from storm surge and powerful winds Wednesday as Hurricane Erin churned hundreds of miles away in the Atlantic Ocean. Read More

NC 12 has closed from Oregon Inlet to Hatteras Village, and is also closed on north end of Ocracoke Island due to unsafe road conditions brought on by ocean overwash from Hurricane Erin. Read More

The massive hurricane was growing while traveling north at 13 mph, and its center was located about 335 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras ... said it's likely that Highway 12 along the Outer ... Read More

Hurricane Erin continues to spin in the Atlantic and is forecast to grow even larger, with weather conditions expected to deteriorate along N.C. Read More

This morning's high tide brought some sand and standing water onto the Outer Banks' major highway, but not enough to shut down roads yet. According to the North Carolina Department of Transportation, ... Read More

A video shared by FOX Weather Storm Specialist Mike Seidel shows crews working to build up the sand dunes on Highway 12 on Hatteras Island, North Carolina, ahead of impacts from Hurricane Erin. Read More

NCDOT officials said '?given the winds, wave heights and storm surge forecast, it likely won't be enough'? to keep NC 12 from flooding at the Outer Banks. Read More

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

Hurricane Erin has prompted mandatory evacuations in the Outer Banks. Avon, Kill Devil Hills, Hatteras Island, Ocracoke Island and Rodanthe are under mandatory evacuations along with Dare and Hyde ... Read More

While Hurricane Erin is predicted to stay hundreds of kilometres offshore, the waves it is sending on the islands are at least 20 feet high that are crashing on the vulnerable sand dunes on the ... Read More