Flooding conditions expected to worsen in Outer Banks
IT THE DOVER AIR LEFT CENTER.
>> EVACUATION ORDERS ARE IN
PLACE AND COASTAL COMMUNITIES
ARE PREPARING FOR HIGH WINDS
AND FLOODING FROM AARON.
OUR TEAM IS ON THE GROUND AS
THE STORM MOVES CLOSER. WRAL.
SEAN GALLAGHER IS LIVE AT THE
OUTER BANKS THIS MORNING.
SEAN, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING NOW
THAT THE SUN IS UP?
>> WELL, THIS MORNING WE
ACTUALLY HEADED DOWN THE ROAD
AND SEE WHERE KEN WAS TALKING
ABOUT. SAW EVIDENCE OF THAT
OVER WASH BEFORE HIGH TIDE.
SO WE GOT OUT OF THERE JUST
OUT OF FEAR THAT WE WOULD GET
TRAPPED THERE BECAUSE THIS IS
WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO
EXPERIENCE A LITTLE BIT FARTHER
SOUTH SOUTH, SOME HEAVY WAVES
THAT ARE COMING IN THAT YOU CAN
SEE CRASHING ALONG JEANNETTE
HERE. BUT THIS IS NOTHING
COMPARED TO WHAT THEY
EXPERIENCED IN PLACES LIKE BOX
THAN YESTERDAY. TAKE A LOOK.
THIS WAS THE LAST HIGH-TIDE
TUESDAY EVENING. DRONE VIDEO
SHOT BY JENNY COULDN'T SHOWS
JUST HOW STRONG HURRICANE ERIN
IS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S SO FAR
AWAY. THOSE WAYS THRASHING THE
COAST ALREADY PUTTING HIGHWAY
12 AT RISK OF BEING FLOODED
OVER ESSENTIALLY SHUTS OFF ANY
ACCESS TO HATTERAS ISLAND AND
TODAY AND TOMORROW, OFFICIALS
SAY WILL BE ONLY WORST, BUT
STILL A FEW LOCALS ARE DECIDING
TO RIDE THIS ONE OUT OF THEIR
HOMES.
>> IT'S ALREADY VERY SKINNY IN
THE YOU KNOW, WHEN THE HIGH
TIDE COMES IN, IT'S ALREADY
WASHED ALL THE WAY UP TO THE
DUNE LINE IN A LOT OF PLACES
LIKE THE VULNERABLE AREAS,
BUXTON BRADY AND THE AND
HATTERAS GOING INTO HATTERAS
VILLAGE. THERE'S GOING TO BE A
IN A LOT OF EROSION EVERY TIME
A BIG STORM COMES A LOT OF SAND
IS WIPED OUT.
>> IT'S GONNA BE REALLY BAD
FOR RODANTHE AND BUXTON.
>> AND IT ALL BEACHES, ADAIR
COUNTY. THEY'VE HAD THE DOUBLE
RED FLAGS UP FOR A COUPLE OF
DAYS NOW, MEANING NO ONE SHOULD
BE IN THE WATER AT ALL. AND
OFFICIALS TELL US THAT EVERY
SINGLE HIGH TIDE FROM TODAY TO
TOMORROW, THE LAST ONE FOR THE
NEXT ONE WILL BE EVEN WORSE
THAN THE LAST. SO THE PEOPLE IN
HATTERAS ISLAND ARE PEOPLE THAT
WE WILL BE CHECKING IN WITH
THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A JEANNETTE