This cottage on the oceanfront washed off its pilings undermined by oceanwater in Hatteras.
The village of Hatteras, NC.
A wider view of the village of Hatteras, near the area of the destroyed motels.
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A second new inlet was also cut between the ferry dock and the "point" at Hatteras Inlet. There was no highway here before, previously accessible by beach vehicle only.
A closer look at the same area of homes. The ground floor areas of many were buried with several feet of sand.
The Frisco side of the new inlet and area around Frisco pier.
Ocracoke road somewhere between the ferry dock and the village. Completely overwashed.
Motels and the Hatteras Cabanas destroyed by the storm surge.
Hatteras Island was cut in two by the storm surge and relentless pounding of high waves for hours. The village of Hatteras is now cut off from the rest of Hatteras Island by this new inlet dubbed "Isabel Inlet". Hatteras, being in the right front quadrant of the storm took the worst hit. This page is dedicated to Hatteras and Ocracoke pictures.
Isabel Inlet
Hatteras Island area southwest of the new inlet.
An oceanside view of the same area of homes.
Another view of the overwashed road on Ocracoke.
On our overflight I could see no real significant damage to the village of Ocracoke so I did not include more pics from there at this time.
Image credits: NOAA.
Ocracoke village
Another shot of Isabel Inlet. Notice the house washed out into the sound near the top right corner of this pic.
A wide shot pieced together from two 35 mm shots of Isabel Inlet, showing better where the damaged motels and the village are in relation to the new inlet.
Ocracoke Island- Next three shots
Image credit: NOAA
This before and after satellite compiled by NOAA shows the land area cut in two by Isabel's fury.
These graphs show that the hardest winds were in the right front quadrant which crossed right over Hatteras village.
Satellite view of the eye wall touching Ocracoke/Hatteras area. Taken from a weather webpage at 12:16 on Thursday, September 18, 2003.
