...closed Monday in Ashe, Alleghany, Avery, Granville and Person counties because of weather conditions. Along the Outer Banks, there was a report that about a half an inch of snow fell overnight on Ocracoke Island. - Edited from wire reports

...past the ferry docks. Museum is on the left at the end of Hatteras Island. Or, take the ferry from Cedar Island to Ocracoke Island (2.25 hours, reservations at 800-856-0343) or from Swan Quarter to Ocracoke (2.5 hours, reservations...

...significant stop for migrating birds, is accessible for wheelchairs. Following this year behind Fort De Soto was Ocracoke Island on North Carolina's Outer Banks; Hanalei Bay in Kauai, Hawaii; Caladesi Island State Park in Clearwater, Fla...

...left by the stronger-than-expected Hurricane Alex. Emergency officials ordered thousands of tourists to leave Ocracoke Island until storm damage is repaired. It's unclear how many tourists will be ferried out; state officials estimated...

...mid-Atlantic since Floyd wreaked havoc on the East Coast in September 1999, leading to 56 deaths. All 921 residents of Ocracoke Island in North Carolina's vulnerable Outer Banks were ordered to begin evacuating Monday afternoon. A line quickly formed...

...making them eligible for state money for cleanup and repairs. In North Carolina, people began evacuating from Ocracoke Island, which is only accessible by ferry. Emergency planners along the southern coast of the state began urging people...

...emergency management efforts. As winds and waves heightened, ferries were making their final runs Thursday night to Ocracoke Island, which has been under an evacuation order since daybreak Wednesday. Commanders at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base...

...for Coastal Research. Caladesi Island State Park in Dunedin, Fla., was the runner-up to Fleming, followed by Ocracoke Island in North Carolina; Coopers Beach in the Hamptons on Long Island, in New York; Kauai's Hanalei Beach; Main Beach...

...direction," Ed McDonough, a spokesman for the Maryland Emergency Management Agency. Isabel, which made landfall near Ocracoke Island, N.C., on Sept. 18, was blamed for 40 deaths and $2 billion in damage, much of it from flooding.

...reached Category 5 strength over open water, but had weakened to a Category 2 storm by the time it made landfall near Ocracoke Island, N.C., Sept. 18. It was the strongest storm to hit the country since Hurricane Floyd in 1999 and was blamed...