NC 12 detour opens after storm damage leaves hundreds waiting for Outer Banks ferry

By: Christine Zhu

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: September 29, 2026

Words: 610

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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An approximately three-mile line of vehicles stretched through Rodanthe on Monday as hundreds of vacationers sought to board the emergency ferry leaving Hatteras Island on the North Carolina coast.

Last week’s nor’easter — a coastal storm with the strongest winds blowing from the northeast — severely damaged portions of North Carolina Highway 12, the only road connecting Hatteras Island and the northern Outer Banks.

Dare County officials declared a

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