A ferry trip across the ever-widening Hatteras Inlet is more than 3 miles farther and 20 minutes longer than the traditional channel route – which has been deemed unsafe because of continued shoaling ...

N.C. 12, the highway that runs down the spine of the Outer Banks, is constantly at risk of being covered in water and sand because of erosion and sea-level rise. Those forces also threaten one of the ...

HATTERAS, N.C. (WNCT) — The Coast Guard says a ferry carrying five passengers and six crew members in Hatteras Inlet grounded Saturday morning. Crews were dispatched at 11:30 a.m. when they got the ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has transferred five passengers from a ferry that ran aground Saturday in Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. No injuries, vessel damage or pollution were reported. The Coast Guard ...

HATTERAS, N.C. (WNCT) The U.S. Coast Guard has given approval for the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Hatteras Inlet ferry route to resume service immediately. Hyde County’s re-entry restrictions ...

HATTERAS INLET, N. C. (WVEC) -- United States Coast Guard members transferred people from a ferry that ran aground in Hatteras Inlet Saturday morning. Watchstanders found out the North Carolina ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Hatteras Inlet widened from 0.25 to 2.5 miles, trip times nearly doubled. Erosion damaged Ocracoke ferry terminal, forcing loss of ...