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A rapidly strengthening area of low pressure off the Carolina coast Friday will significantly impact the Outer Banks with damaging wind gusts, moderate to major coastal flooding and heavy rain.
A North Carolina coastal storm sent a home into the ocean off the Outer Banks island of Hatteras overnight Friday, marking the sixth house collapse in the area this year. The unoccupied home was ...
Wind and water damage across the Outer Banks was extensive, with monetary damage in Dare County estimated at $350 million (2003 USD, ($580 million 2024 USD)). [6] Strong waves and the storm surge from Hurricane Isabel knocked 30–40 houses and several motels off of their pilings. [ 8 ]
September 3, 2010 – Hurricane Earl passes just east of the Outer Banks, inundating portions of North Carolina Highway 12 with storm surge and producing hurricane-force wind gusts that severely damaged six houses. Moderate crop damage was reported further inland, and monetary damage in the state reached $2.5 million (2010 USD).
[15] [16] In September 2010, Category 2 Hurricane Earl passed roughly 100 miles off the coast of North Carolina, bringing heavy rainfall, storm surge, and strong winds for much of the Outer Banks. Category 1 Hurricane Irene hit the Outer Banks in August 2011, making it the first hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Hurricane ...
Floodwater surged into homes, stranded vehicles and forced water rescues in coastal North Carolina Monday after a tropical storm-like system dumped historic amounts of rain on the area in a matter ...
RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) — Another beach house has fallen into the waves along North Carolina's coast and more are in danger of collapsing, U.S. National Park Service officials said in a statement ...
July 1, 1981 – Tropical Storm Bret moves ashore on Virginia, with its outer rainbands dropping light rainfall across North Carolina. [ 3 ] August 20, 1981 – Tropical Storm Dennis brushes the Outer Banks with moderate rainfall peaking at 10.7 inches (271 mm) near Wilmington ; scattered power outages and road closures from flooding are ...