East Coast, Hurricane Erin and Outer Banks
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North Carolina’s primary driving route through the Outer Banks on Friday morning remained closed on Ocracoke Island and Hatteras Island. N.
Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina's Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes before slowly moving away.
As Hurricane Erin continues to move up the East Coast, officials say it could be days before the Outer Banks of North Carolina are fully accessible again. NBC’s Aaron Gilchrist reports and TODAY’s Dylan Dreyer tracks the latest forecast.
Okracoke 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.
Forecasters predicted the storm would peak Thursday and said it could regain strength but was expected to turn out to sea.
Hurricane Erin, churning north in the Atlantic hundreds of miles offshore, is expected to trigger a dangerous storm surge and tropical storm conditions on Wednesday along North Carolina’s Outer Banks and other stretches of the U.
The massive storm is expected to bring coastal flooding and tropical storm conditions to parts of the mid-Atlantic despite not making landfall.
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Hurricane Erin forces evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks but expected to stay offshore
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.