A newlywed couple trapped on Hatteras Island was finally able to leave Monday.
Abrahaam Davis and his wife, Hannah Roberts, are from Ohio and were enjoying their honeymoon on Hatteras Island when the nor'easter hit. The two had just married on Sept. 13.
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They were stuck for five days after a powerful nor'easter washed away the only road off the island.
Davis posted on his Facebook around 1 p.m.
No longer stranded, finally driving and have freedom again. We can enjoy the remaining 5 days of our honeymoon in peace.
Parts of NC 12 on the Outer Banks were closed as teams worked to create a protective dune and build a temporary road. It reopened Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
"It is very crazy. I wasn't expecting to get stuck to where we can't even go into town," Davis said.
Davis said the wind and waves began picking up on Wednesday and just started "crashing onto the shores." The waves eventually breached the dunes and, within an hour, he said the driveway to their rental was completely flooded.
"I think both of our families are pretty worried about us. I mean, we've been keeping them updated, sharing what we can with them and updating them as we get updates. But, I mean, being so far from them, I know they're gonna worry," he said.
By the end of the weekend, the waves calmed down. By Sunday, he said they were still holding strong despite being stranded.
"Bulldozers finally showed up so we may be able to actually drive soon. But there is still water in the road stopping us from even driving half a mile down to see any other part of the 50-mile-long island, but we remain hopeful," Davis said Monday morning.
It may be a while before the the road reopens. North Carolina Department of Transportation officials told WRAL on Sunday that crews must now work to establish a protective dune before they can install a temporary road at Pea Island. The temporary road could take crews several days to build.
State transportation officials said N.C. 12 remains closed between the Marc Basnight Bridge and Rodanthe due to the damage at Pea Island.
Dare County officials met Saturday with the North Carolina Department of Transportation and other agencies to discuss the damage to N.C. 12 at Pea Island.
An emergency ferry service between Stumpy Point and Rodanthe began Sunday morning.
Residents of Ocracoke Island in Hyde County should travel through Hatteras Island to return to Ocracoke via ferry services.
"People are lining up for emergency ferries from here in Rodanthe, 500 cars waiting overnight for a chance to escape. Only four ferries a day, roughly 30 to 35 cars at a time, less with bigger trucks, boats, campers, etcetera and the line is only getting longer. Ferry reservations south of that in Hatteras are also booked till October 6, so we are hoping the highway will be fixed before then," Davis said.
Until then, the couple is making the best of the situation, posting photos of starfish they found and kayaking down the flooded streets.
Davis even joked that he caught dinner -- a tiny fish that washed up in the floodwaters.