A powerful, slow-moving autumn nor’easter continues to batter the North Carolina coast, cutting off island communities, forcing mass evacuations, and threatening areas from the Outer Banks down to the Crystal Coast.
The stationary offshore storm is driving punishing 45 to 55 mile-per-hour wind gusts and throwing massive breaking waves directly into the coast. Forecasters warn that because the storm refuses to move, severe coastal flooding and extreme high tides will plague the state’s barrier islands through at least Wednesday.
Outer Banks Severed and Evacuated…