Powerful Atlantic surf has again exposed the fragility of North Carolina’s barrier islands, ripping apart a key stretch of ...

On North Carolina’s barrier islands, the line between road and ocean has become dangerously thin. The image of pavement ...

A dreamy summer vacation turned into a messy, sweaty nightmare for 10,000 tourists on the Outer Banks when the power went off and air conditioners stopped humming, and officials ordered visitors to ...

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 ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Some Outer Banks flooding was seen on Tuesday and crews worked to improve dunes along the key coastal island highway against impacts from Hurricane Erin. The North Carolina ...

Hurricane Erin forced tourists to cut their vacations short on North Carolina’s Outer Banks even though the monster storm is expected to stay offshore after lashing part of the Caribbean with rain and ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — Officials at the North Carolina coast on Sunday declared a state of emergency in Dare County and Hyde County and ordered an evacuation of Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island at ...

One of the most popular islands on North Carolina’s Outer Banks is getting bigger. North Core Banks — popularly known as Portsmouth Island — was violently cut apart by Hurricane Dorian the first week ...

One of three National Park Service lighthouses on North Carolina’s Outer Banks has opened to climbers for spring and fall. The 1848 Bodie Island Lighthouse, in Nags Head, opened Friday for daily, self ...