Monday, September 25th, 2017 — An evacuation is underway on an island on North Carolinas Outer Banks as Hurricane Maria moves north. The Hyde County Sheriffs office said the evacuation began at 5 a.m. Monday on Ocracoke Island. Its not immediately clear how many residents and visitors are heeding the order to leave. The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning from Cape Lookout to Duck on the Outer Banks. A tropical storm watch was in effect from Surf City to Cape Lookout and from Duck to the North Carolina-Virginia state line.
Maria Prompts Evacuation Of North Carolina’s Outer Banks
An evacuation is underway on an island on North Carolina’s Outer Banks as Hurricane Maria moves north. The Hyde County Sheriff’s office said the evacuation began at 5 a.m. Monday on Ocracoke Island.