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Idalia storm surge expected to bring widespread flooding in Charleston.
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Idalia storm surge expected to bring widespread flooding in Charleston.
Idalia storm surge expected to bring widespread flooding in Charleston.
Ralph Patricelli bought his oceanfront home in Rodanthe in September 2021 knowing it was on borrowed time. Other beachfront homes in the neighborhood had already fallen into the Atlantic Ocean, victims of years of erosion and constant storms sweeping Hatteras Island. Patricelli knew eventually, he’d have to move his second home back from the ocean.
A rising junior at UNC Chapel Hill, Tara Hinton has spent her summer listening to oral histories and researching how Down East Carteret County residents are responding.
Erosion on the Outer Banks, and Hatteras Island in particular, is nothing new. It’s a sandbar after all, a constantly shifting barrier island that acts to protect the mainland from the impact of coastal storms. But a section of Rodanthe is quickly disappearing.