Crews race to clear Outer Banks debris ahead of coastal storms
LOVING AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY
AND WE WILL OVERCOME.
>> THESE PICTURES SHOW SOME
OF THE DEBRIS PILES THAT HAVE
FORMED ON THE OUTER BANKS AFTER
9 HOMES COLLAPSED LAST WEEK.
CREWS HAVE REMOVED HUNDREDS OF
TRUCKLOADS OF DEBRIS. PLENTY
OF WORK REMAINS WITH THE THREAT
OF MORE COLLAPSES OVER THE
WEEKEND WR CLIMATE CHANGE
REPORTER LIZ MCLAUGHLIN HAS AN
UPDATE ON THE CLEANUP EFFORT
AND WHAT'S NEXT FOR COASTAL
COMMUNITIES.
>> THIS HAS BEEN A MASSIVE
CLEANUP EFFORT AND CREWS ARE
RACING TO FINISH CALLING THE
LARGE DEBRIS OFF THE BEACH
BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF KING
TIDES AND COASTAL STORMS MOVE
IN THIS WEEKEND IN RODANTHE
DEBRIS FROM ONE FALL IN HOME.
SPREAD MORE THAN 18 MILES DOWN
THE COAST IN BUXTON. 8 HOMES
COLLAPSED IN JUST ONE WEEK,
LITTERING ABOUT 3 MILES OF
SHORELINE
WITH WRECKAGE.
>> THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
SAYS MORE THAN 360 TRUCKLOADS
OF DEBRIS HAVE ALREADY BEEN
CLEARED. MOST LARGE DEBRIS HAS
BEEN MOVED OFF THE BEACH ONTO
THE ROADSIDE, WHERE DARE COUNTY
CONTRACTOR IS EXPECTED TO
FINISH HAULING IT AWAY BY
TOMORROW.
>> WE NEED WE HAVE TO GET THAT
DEBRIS OUT OF HERE. WE WE I
DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN WITH THIS WEATHER, BUT
WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT IT TO
STRING OUT THAT DEBRIS THAT WE
JUST SPENT A WEEK CLEANING UP.
SO WE HAVE TO DO ALL THE
CLEANING UP AGAIN. SO WE'LL
HAVE THAT OUT OF HERE.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK MONDAY
MORNING AND SEE WHERE WE ARE.
IF THERE'S MORE TO REIGN, WILL
TAKE YOUR THAT AS WELL.
>> OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE MORE
VULNERABLE HOMES IN THE SURF
THAT COULD FALL THIS WEEKEND
WITH COASTAL STORMS AND KING
TIDES EXPECTED TO CLOSE HIGHWAY
12 AND CAUSED MORE DAMAGE.
OFFICIALS SAY THE NEXT STEP TO
SLOW EROSION IN BUXTON IS A
45 MILLION DOLLAR BEACH
NOURISHMENT PROJECT MOVED UP A
YEAR TO START THIS SPRING.
THERE ARE NO NOURISHMENT PLANS