AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. In few places has the topography of the Outer Banks changed as dramatically as at Hatteras Inlet. The body of water that connects ...

N.C. 12, the highway that runs down the spine of the Outer Banks, is constantly at risk of being covered in water and sand because of erosion and sea-level rise. Those forces also threaten one of the ...

CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. (WITN) - The U.S. Coast Guard says between crews and good samaritans, a boat with a failing engine and two aboard was able to be rescued last week. Last Wednesday, the U.S. Coast ...

Wilmington, NC – The Coast Guard rushed a man to the hospital after he was injured while shrimping Saturday near Hatteras Inlet. Around 10:30 a.m., The Daniel Joseph, a 78-foot fishing boat, sent a ...

Portsmouth, V.A. – The Coast Guard medevaced a 64-year-old man from a 25-foot recreational boat approximately 30 miles east of Hatteras Inlet, N.C., Wednesday. Coast Guard watchstanders at Station ...

Hatteras Inlet widened from 0.25 to 2.5 miles, trip times nearly doubled. Erosion damaged Ocracoke ferry terminal, forcing loss of staging areas. NCDOT built a bulkhead in 2019, but ongoing exposure ...

NCDOT evaluates four ferry terminal options as erosion threatens Ocracoke dock. Public feedback favors fortifying South Dock if N.C. 12 roadway is stabilized. Future sea-level rise may force ...