North Carolina’s longest most susceptible coastal road to flooding that averages about $1 million in maintenance costs ...

Officials with the Cape Hatteras National Seashore are issuing warnings of closures and erosion along parts of NC 12 as ...

The beach in front of the Village of Buxton is closed due to hazardous conditions that may become life-threatening, including ...

Travel is dangerous.” That is how the North Carolina Department of Transportation described N.C. Highway 12 after announcing ...

Heavy rainfall and gusty winds led to an overwash on highway 12. The North Carolina Department oMary Grace Armistead ...

Major coastal flooding is expected this afternoon from North Carolina through the mid-Atlantic, according to AccuWeather ...

NCDOT NC12 on Hatteras Island has opened as of 5:00 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 13. NC12 on Ocracoke is remaining closed until NCDOT ...

NC 12 near Ocracoke Island has been closed Saturday afternoon due to heavy ocean overwash from the nor’easter storm, ...

Northern end of Ocracoke Island Wednesday morning Oct. 15, 2025. Photo by Matt Janson. By Joy Crist, Island Free Press While N.C. Highway 12 reopened on Hatteras Island shortly before 7 p.m.

Wednesday was a beautiful day along the Buxton shoreline, with sunshine glistening the low tide as it calmly blanketed the mostly empty beach, which looked a lot better than it did a week prior. In ...

Photo of the north end of NC12 by Ocracoke’s NCDOT worker Shanon Eiben taken at about 10 a.m. Oct. 12. By Peter Vankevich All ferry routes for Ocracoke are currently suspended (Oct. 12) ...

Earlier this weekend, a powerful nor'easter traversed through the NC coast. It brought heavy winds, downpour and overwash to ...