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Hurricane Erin forces Outer Banks evacuations

Erin: Key Outer Banks artery remains shuttered

North Carolina’s primary driving route through the Outer Banks on Friday morning remained closed on Ocracoke Island and Hatteras Island.

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Hurricane Erin brings tropical storm conditions to Outer Banks before starting to move away

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

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Strong winds and waves batter Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard as Hurricane Erin moves out to the sea

Strong winds and waves battered Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard and dangerous rip currents threatened from the Carolinas to New England as Hurricane Erin made its way farther out to sea Friday.

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Hurricane Erin unleashes strong winds, rip currents on Virginia

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Hurricane Erin stirs up strong winds and floods part of a NC highway as it slowly moves out to sea

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Hurricane Erin Still Stirring up Dangerous Waves While It Moves Away From the East Coast

Widespread, moderate coastal flooding was forecast for low-lying areas of Long Island and parts of New York City.

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Hurricane Erin moves away from the East Coast, but it remains a coastal threat

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Hurricane Erin live updates: Storm races east, but coastal flooding threats remain

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As Outer Banks flooding persists, Ocracoke evacuation order lifted for residents

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.

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Highway 12 still closed on Hatteras Island & Ocracoke as Erin’s impacts linger

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.

Coastal flood warning for Northern Outer Banks and Hatteras Island until early Saturday

On Thursday at 11:10 p.m. a coastal flood warning was issued by the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC in effect until Saturday at midnight for Northern Outer Banks and Hatteras Island.

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 to the mainland, the National Weather Service said.

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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 flooding at the Outer Banks.

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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 just don't have here,