Hurricane Dorian pushed high floodwaters into parts of North Carolina's Ocracoke Island, leaving some people stranded in their homes and prompting responders to head to the Outer Banks isle for rescues
Hurricane Dorian pushed high floodwaters into parts of North Carolina's Ocracoke Island, leaving some people stranded in their homes and prompting responders to head to the Outer Banks isle for rescues.
The Category 1 storm made landfall over Cape Hatteras at 8:35 a.m. ET with maximum sustained winds near 90 mph, causing flooding in parts of Hatteras and nearby Ocracoke.Feet-high floodwaters have taken over yards outside homes on Ocracoke, social media images show. Jason Wells snapped pictures from his home's upper level of the virtual lake in his yard, and said the flooding"is by far the worst I have ever seen or heard about" in his 40-plus years there.
— Deborah Lacks September 6, 2019 Images from North Carolina Department of Transportation cameras show roads flooding on nearby Hatteras Island. Responders will rescue people in the Outer Banks barrier islands as conditions allow, Sprayberry said Friday morning. No injuries were immediately reported, Sprayberry said.Images from the North Carolina Department of Transportation show road flooding in Hatteras Island as Dorian struck Friday morning.
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