Hurricane Arthur zips back into Atlantic; conditions improving

Hurricane Arthur has crossed the Outer Banks of North Carolina from the west and headed back into the Atlantic, and conditions up and down the coast are improving — but storm surge, wind, rain, flooding and power outages are still punishing an area usually having one of its best days on the Fourth of July. At 7 a.m., the eye of Arthur was 65 miles east-northeast of Kitty Hawk, moving northeast into the Atlantic at 23 mph. Top sustained winds were still at 100 mph, making Arthur a Category 2 storm.