Charlotte Observer

Outer Banks campers find themselves floating as tides reach unexpectedly high levels

The Outer Banks of North Carolina are among those rare places where campers can go to sleep on the beach and wake up quite literally in the ocean, according to the National Park Service. Cape Lookout ...
Sacramento Bee

Outer Banks beaches ‘impassable’ at high tide due to surge from Hurricane Lorenzo

The Outer Banks are seeing “extreme high tides” and dangerous flooding due to a hurricane that is hundreds of miles across the Atlantic Ocean, according to the National Park Service. Park rangers at ...
Yahoo

After warning at Outer Banks for years about phantom ‘Shark Island’ sandbar, visitors now told not to drive to tiny island

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 ...
The State

Outer Banks campers find themselves floating as tides reach unexpectedly high levels

Higher than expected tides surprised some campers at the Outer Banks. They woke up in the ocean. Cape Lookout National Seashore photo The Outer Banks of North Carolina are among those rare places ...
Charlotte Observer

Outer Banks beaches ‘impassable’ at high tide due to surge from Hurricane Lorenzo

The Outer Banks are seeing “extreme high tides” and dangerous flooding due to a hurricane that is hundreds of miles across the Atlantic Ocean, according to the National Park Service. Park rangers at ...