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Coastal storm cuts off Ocracoke and sends Hatteras visitors home: Alert Pulse Oct 12 – 18, 2026
Coastal flooding in Southeast: 1 warning across 2 counties, shown in the order they were sent. A short clip from the Alert Pulse report for Oct 12 – 18, 2026, built from the report's own figures, with every word on screen so it reads with the sound off.
Transcript
October 16–18
Coastal flooding
North Carolina
BePrepared · Alert Pulse · North Carolina · Oct 12 – 18, 2026
Where the warnings landed
FRI 6:58 PM EDT
SAT 3:35 AM EDT
SAT 8:59 AM EDT
SUN 8:54 AM EDT
2
counties
1
warnings
How it escalated
“DARE COUNTY DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY - HATTERAS ISLAND VISITORS ORDERED TO EVACUATE”
Dare County, North Carolina
First warning
“DARE COUNTY UNDER STATE OF EMERGENCY - HATTERAS ISLAND VISITORS ORDERED TO EVACUATE”
In their words
“She was honking the horn, and you could see the water coming in through her windshield”
Megan Lawing, Passenger on the October 17 Ocracoke-to-Hatteras ferry
Source: The News & Observer
The News & Observer
Read the whole story
bepreparedsolutions.co/reports/alert-pulse/week-2026-10-12
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Every figure from the public emergency alert record: FEMA IPAWS and National Weather Service alerts. Every outcome with its source.
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