Hurricane Erin's massive waves threaten to isolate North Carolina's Outer Banks
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FILE - The Atlantic Ocean, beach and houses are at Duck, Outer Banks, North Carolina, on Aug. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, file)FILE - The Cape Hatteras lighthouse stands, Aug. 29, 1995 on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. (AP Photo/Ruth Fremson, File)FILE - Ed Manzi of Dover, Del., carries a wooden rocking chair down the middle of Highway 12 in Kitty Hawk, N.C., on the Outer Banks, after returning to the area to check on his beach home with his wife Pam, Sept. 21, 2003. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)FILE - Waves wash over what remains of N.C. Highway 12 that once linked Hatteras Village, N.C., to the rest of the Outer Banks, Sept. 29, 2003. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)FILE - A bulldozer pushes sand along NC highway 12 in the Pea island National Wildlife Refuge, on North Carolina's Outer Banks, near Nags Head, N.C., Dec. 18, 2003, as workers rebuild dunes that were destroyed by Hurricane Isabel. (AP Photo/Bob Jordan, File)
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FILE - The Atlantic Ocean, beach and houses are at Duck, Outer Banks, North Carolina, on Aug. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, file)