HARKERS ISLAND, N.C. (WNCN) — Officials at the North Carolina coast are warning about a new problem at a tiny island with a phantom sandbar that can vanish — trapping visitors as the tide quickly rises.
The warning at the Outer Banks came from the Cape Lookout National Seashore, where a small sandbar sometimes forms at Point of Cape Lookout.
The sandbar connects to a very small island — called Shark Island — which is just outside the national seashore limits…