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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — As a devastating storm began departing the North Carolina coast Saturday morning, daylight offered fresh views of the damage at the Outer Banks, including sections of N.C. 12 that vanished from flooding over two days this week.
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The National Weather Service at Morehead City again extended a coastal flood warning on Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island — now until Sunday. The North Carolina Department of Transportation reported that Ocracoke Island ferry service with the mainland had resumed as rough surf and high winds diminished.
But overwash was still occurring and waves were lapping onto sand-covered areas of N.C. 12. Crews began dumping sand and rebuilding a berm on a wave-covered N.C. 12 spot in the Canal Zone as water still covered other N.C. 12 areas and broken pavement poked through overwash.
Crews were spotted on a DOT camera inspecting a shredded area of N.C. 12 near the Pea Island Visitor Center.
Receding clouds and daytime revealed damage along two stretches of N.C. 12, with all areas closed north of Hatteras Island and another stretch closed near Ocracoke north to the ferry, the NCDOT reported.
Officials reported sound-side flooding was still underway Saturday morning in places like the Tri-Villages and Hatteras.
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Meanwhile, Cape Hatteras National Seashore did not report any new home collapses and areas of Buxton appeared dry by mid-morning.
Crews were moving construction equipment on the Hatteras ferries to Ocracoke to clear N.C. 12. Officials said that once N.C. 12 on Ocracoke, then regular ferry service could resume between Hatteras and Ocracoke.
Waves were still covering sand over N.C. 12 north of Rodanthe in the canal zone just south of Oregon Inlet. The area near Pea Island Visitors Center appeared ripped apart by waves but very little was covered by sand.
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NC 12 Saturday morning NCDOT image -
NC 12. NCDOT image -
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Overwash and broken pavement Saturday morning on NC 12 near Pea Island Visitor Center north of Rodanthe. NCDOT image -
Dumping sand was waves wash over NC 12 in the Canal Zone Saturday morning north of the Pea Island Visitor Center. NCDOT image -
Crews put construction equipment on a Hatteras to Ocracoke ferry on Saturday morning for clearing NC 12. NCDOT image -
NC 12 in the north Ocracoke area Saturday. NCDOT image -
Dumping sand was waves wash over NC 12 in the Canal Zone Saturday morning north of the Pea Island Visitor Center. NCDOT image -
NC 12 in the Canal Zone north of the Pea Island Visitor Center. NCDOT image -
Buxton Saturday morning. NCDOT image
“Severe ocean overwash continues this morning at the Canal Zone and the Visitor Center,” DOT officials said about N.C. 12. “We are also seeing more pavement damage near the (Pea Island) Visitor Center.”
There is no timetable for repairing the most damaged areas of N.C. 12
“Crews will be out today working to re-establish the protective berm and clearing where they can,” NCDOT officials said.
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There were no reports of injuries.