Ocracoke residents will be allowed to return home after North Carolina announced a limited ferry schedule. And Friday morning’s high tide cycle should be the worst of Erin’s flooding.

Okracoke residents will be allowed to return home after North Carolina announced a limited ferry schedule. And Friday morning’s high tide cycle should be the worst of Erin’s flooding.

On Friday at 4:34 a.m. the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC released a coastal flood advisory in effect until Saturday at midnight for Northern Outer Banks.

On Thursday at 11:10 p.m. a coastal flood warning was issued by the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC in effect until Saturday at midnight for Northern Outer Banks and Hatteras Island.

Forecasters predicted the storm would peak Thursday and said it could regain strength but was expected to turn out to sea.

Hurricane Erin is now several hundred miles off the North Carolina coast early Friday. While the worst of the storm is behind us, high waves may cause some overwash during high tides on Friday. For current conditions and loops of radar near the coast,

As Hurricane Erin grows in size, impacts from the storm’s intensity will be felt “well outside” the storm’s center, including in Hampton Roads. The storm’s impacts