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

Officials have ordered evacuations of Hatteras and Ocracoke islands even without a hurricane warning because that tiny ribbon of highway called N.C. 12 will likely be torn up and washed out in severa...

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Hurricane Erin forces evacuations on North Carolina's Outer Banks, threatens dangerous rip currents

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Officials Order Evacuations as Hurricane Erin Threatens to Isolate North Carolina's Outer Banks

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Hurricane Erin's Massive Waves Threaten to Isolate North Carolina's Outer Banks

Hurricane Erin is forecast to move hundreds of miles offshore from the islands but the massive storm is still sending waves 20 feet (6 meters) or greater crashing over vulnerable sand dunes.

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Hurricane Erin projected to bring dangerous East Coast rip currents

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Hurricane Erin threatens dangerous surf for much of the East Coast as a new tropical system brews in its wake

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Hurricane Erin forces Outer Banks evacuations as beaches close along the East Coast

Coastal flooding was expected to begin Tuesday and continue through Thursday.

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What to know about powerful Hurricane Erin as it heads past the US East Coast

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Hurricane Erin updates: Storm traveling East Coast, bringing rip currents, rough surf

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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.

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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When was the last time the Outer Banks evacuated for a hurricane?

In anticipation of the impacts of Hurricane Erin to be felt all along the East Coast, but particularly the Outer Banks and even some parts of Hampton Roads, evacuation orders have been issued for Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands in Dare County.

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Attention Outer Banks vacationers: Mandatory evacuation ordered for Hatteras island ahead of Erin

Emergency management officials on Sunday declared a state of emergency and ordered the evacuation of Hatteras Island on North Carolina's Outer Banks beginning Monday due to threats from Hurricane Erin.

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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,