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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The Outer Banks and eastern North Carolina will likely avoid significant impacts from Helene, which became a tropical storm on Tuesday, and is forecast to intensify into a major hurricane before making landfall along the Florida Panhandle on Thursday.
Elevated water levels also continue along the soundside of the Outer Banks. The winds are expected to push the water towards the shorelines along the mainland. But the sound water won’t be returning with any speed, or rising to flood levels, as winds are forecast to slowly ease as Helene becomes a giant rainmaker while losing its tropical ...
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Outer Banks Forever, the local nonprofit partner of the Outer Banks’ national parks, recently announced that there is still time to join their annual “Adopt a Sea Turtle Nest” program for 2024, which occurs each year during the summertime sea turtle nesting season.
Rough surf and minor beach erosion are expected, with ocean overwash possible on portions of N.C. Highway 12 where dune structures are vulnerable. High astronomical tides and already-high water levels from Hurricane Ian will likely exacerbate the situation.
Captain Rom Whitaker and the crew of the Hatteras Village-based Release made a big splash on the first day of the 66 th Annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament by winning the Fabulous Fisherman’s category and landing a cash prize of $1,729,750 in the process.
The Jug Handle Bridge will stretch from the southern portion of the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge to northern Rodanthe, and will bypass the S-Turns section of N.C. 12, which is highly susceptible to breaches and ocean overwash during storms.
The Island Free Press documented the experience in a way only those who lived through it in the days, weeks, months and years ahead could best share: Irene cut two distinct inlets along Pea Island, created multiple dune breaches, and resulted in unprecedented soundside flooding to homes and structures in Avon and the Tri-villages.
February 20, 2023 | Obituaries. July 24, 1956 – January 21, 2023 KILL DEVIL HILLS — Bruce Ray Walker, scholar, attorney, and friend, passed away January 21, 2023, following a short illness. He was born on July 24, 1956, in Charleston, West Virginia, and was a Stonewall Jackson High School alumnus.