Hurricane Erin, North Carolina
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OUTER BANKS, N.C. (WITN) - Though Erin is moving away from the NC coast, its impacts are still lingering and keeping parts of the Outer Banks’ major highway closed. Hwy 12 will stay closed at the Marc Basnight Bridge and on the north end of Ocracoke at this time.
Arrrr Matey! Visit Cape Hatteras National Seashore along the Outer Banks of North Carolina and ye’ll be walking in the footsteps of Native Americans, enslaved peoples, lighthouse keepers, farmers, and even pirates like Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard.
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.
Hurricane Erin is forcing evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks as it churns in the Atlantic where high winds and heavy rain are pelting the Turks and Caicos Islands and parts of the Bahamas
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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.