The North Carolina Ferry System is actively assisting in the evacuation of Ocracoke Island as Major Hurricane Erin approaches ...

The North Carolina Department of Transportation is helping visitors and residents on Ocracoke Island evacuate as Hurricane ...

The North Carolina Ferry System is assisting with evacuations from Ocracoke Island in advance of Hurricane Erin.

Mandatory evacuation orders for Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island have been issued due to possible impacts from Hurricane ...

Officials in Dare and Hyde counties have issued mandatory evacuation orders for Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands ahead of ...

One of the things that makes the Outer Banks, a 200-mile stretch of barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina, so ...

Several days of heavy surf and high winds and waves could wash out parts of NC 12, which connects the popular vacation spot ...

Rip currents are the third leading cause of deaths from hurricanes, and they can happen on a sunny day hundreds of miles from ...

The Hyde County Board of Commissioners have enacted a State of Emergency for Ocracoke Island effective at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday ...

Parts of North Carolina's Outer Banks are under mandatory evacuation orders, as the National Hurricane Center warns that ...

Hurricane Erin won’t make landfall on the Outer Banks but is projected to produce dangerous rip currents along the beaches.

Local officials say they only order evacuations ahead of hurricanes when it’s necessary to protect the public.