The NWS Newport/Morehead City NC released an updated tropical storm warning at 4:42 p.m. on Tuesday in effect until Wednesday at 12:45 a.m. for Ocracoke Island.

The NWS Newport/Morehead City NC released an updated storm surge watch at 5:05 a.m. on Tuesday in effect until 1:15 p.m. for Ocracoke Island.

CEDAR ISLAND, N.C. (WITN) - A ferry packed full of cars from Ocracoke Island made its way to the Cedar Island Ferry terminal early Monday morning as Hyde County enforces a mandatory evacuation for visitors and residents.

Several days of heavy surf and high winds and waves could wash out parts of NC 12, which connects the popular vacation spot to the mainland, the National Weather Service said.

Tideland Electric Membership Corportation had 11 crew members deployed to Ocracoke to supplement their island workforce. Today’s ferry crossing had the delivery

An updated storm surge warning was issued by the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC on Tuesday at 4:42 p.m. in effect until Wednesday at 12:45 a.m. for Ocracoke Island.

Most of the tourists have left Ocracoke Island, and the surfers are watching closely as deadly rip currents lurk below the waves.

NCDOT 12 crews are working on getting NC12 in as good a shape as it can be before Hurricane Erin. NCDOT 12 says in a post on their Facebook page that given the