Coastal Flood in Ocracoke Island, North Carolina

Coastal Flood October 27, 2025 – October 29, 2025 · Ocracoke Island, North Carolina

What the National Weather Service wrote

Significant ocean overwash closed sections of N.C. 12 near between the pony pens and the north end of Ocracoke Island.

The wider storm

A low-pressure system moved offshore and combined with high pressure to the north to produce strong northeasterly winds, which in turn brought large waves and ocean overwash to Ocracoke and Hatteras Islands from October 27-29. The resultant impacts caused five oceanfront homes to collapse, and closed sections of N.C. 12 on Hatteras and Ocracoke Island.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1298206. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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