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A new park-and-ride service will begin Monday to give travelers the option to cross between Stumpy Point and Rodanthe.
Highway 12 is shut down between the Basnight Bridge and Rodanthe.
Officials encourage commuters to check for schedule changes before arriving at the docks as the nor’easter continues.
The head of a North Carolina emergency medical services department is dead after drowning at a beach on Saturday.
Police said the swimmer disappeared under the water until their body washed ashore Saturday morning.
Officials say two people were struck by lightning on Shell Island Saturday morning.
A new survey from travel company Exoticca looked at which beaches have the best etiquette this summer.
Grist reports that Vibrio bacteria, linked to severe infections, are spreading along the Atlantic Coast due to rising water temperatures and climate change.
Officials with the Cape Hatteras National Seashore say an unoccupied house at 46000 Ocean Drive in Buxton collapsed last night.
A women’s basketball coach says it’s a miracle she’s alive after nearly drowning during a family outing.
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Police in South Carolina are warning beachgoers of venomous wildlife and marine vegetation washing ashore.
An Outer Banks fisherman only had a rod and a Jet Ski but still managed to hook a fish of a lifetime.
Eight people are recovering after a shooting Saturday night on the Virginia Beach Oceanfront, according to police.
Forecasters are predicting a below-average season
So far this year, four homes on the Outer Banks have collapsed, compared to a whopping 16 that fell into the ocean last year.
Last year, 16 unoccupied homes on the Outer Banks collapsed, according to the national seashore.
Parts of Highway 12 are staying closed due to impacts caused by the weekend’s winter storm.
The DOT says the section between the Marc Basnight Bridge and Rodanthe opened to traffic again at 5 p.m.
The National Park Service says five homes in Buxton collapsed between 10:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. today.
A DOT alert says the highway on Ocracoke is expected to open around 6 p.m. today.
On Monday morning, trucks and crews were seen on Highway 12 cleaning up the roadway, which had experienced significant ocean overwash over the weekend.
A home on Tower Circle was the latest to fall into the ocean, thanks to waves from Hurricane Imelda.
Several houses in the Outer Banks collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday as two hurricanes churned offshore.
Outer Banks officials are asking everyone to avoid the beach and stay out of the water after a beach house fell into the ocean on Tuesday.
High waters and high sand still lined parts of the coast in Dare County on Sunday.
Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina’s Outer Banks with strong winds and waves.
The critical highway remains closed on Hatteras Island, as well as on Ocracoke Island.
Hurricane Erin is strengthening again and forecasters say it could re-intensify into a major hurricane.
Videos show a trench to protect sea turtle nests filled with ocean water in the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Tuesday due to Hurricane Erin.
The Frying Pan Tower’s camera is sending out live video as the storm comes by our coast.
Experts say barrier islands like the Outer Banks were never ideal for development.
The DOT says its ferry system has carried more than 2,200 passengers from Ocracoke Island during evacuation efforts this week.
Hurricane Erin is churning slowly toward the eastern U.S. coast and stirring up waves that already have forced dozens of beach rescues.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation says even with this work, given the winds, wave heights, and storm surge forecast, it likely won’t be enough.
Multiple Eastern Carolina beaches are flying double red flags, telling people to stay out of the water.
Hurricane Erin forces evacuations on North Carolina’s Outer Banks but it’s expected to stay offshore
Forecasters predict the hurricane will churn up dangerous rip currents along North Carolina’s barrier islands and could swamp roads with waves of up to 15 feet.
Officials say they’ll keep monitoring Highway 12 so visitors and homeowners can return to the island once it’s safe.
The national seashore says several campgrounds, visitor facilities, beaches and off-road vehicle access points will be closed beginning Monday afternoon or evening.
One person was killed, and another was wounded by gunfire in the parking lot of the Avalon Pier.
A person drowned at the Virginia Beach Oceanfront on Thursday.
“Quite a few” people have reported being stung at Emerald Isle recently.
A man drowned while on vacation in North Carolina.
A 20-year-old woman was likely bitten by a juvenile shark while waist-deep in the surf at a New York beach, according to state officials.
The bite reportedly happened at Hilton Head Island on June 17.
North Carolina authorities say a young stallion was hit and killed just after midnight over the weekend.
The time for vacations, beach trips, barbecues and various outdoor events is here.
The first responder pulled the woman from the water, performed CPR and got her breathing again before anyone else arrived.
The doctor at the hospital who treated Barton said the wound looked like a shark bite.
Anyone with information was asked to contact the National Park Service.