Outer Banks, Hurricane Erin and North Carolina
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North Carolina Department of Transportation crews are working around the clock to remove water and sand from North Carolina Highway 12. For now, the road remains closed, with no timeline on when it might reopen.
Ocracoke residents will be allowed to return home after North Carolina announced a limited ferry schedule. And Friday morning’s high tide cycle should be the worst of Erin’s flooding.
Hurricane Erin is starting to churn up big waves along the northeast coast after pelting North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and swells that flooded a few places on the barrier islands
Hurricane Erin has already made its closest approach to North Carolina, but the worst of the impacts will be felt today into tonight. Tropical storm force wind gusts are ongoing along the North Carolina and Virginia coastline.