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Weather alert active for Hatteras Island Wednesday midday – gusts could peak at 40 mph
A weather alert was issued by the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC on Wednesday at 10:47 a.m. for strong thunderstorms until ...
Juvenile sea turtle rescued at Cape Hatteras, loses 1.5 pounds of epibiota in treatment
Last month, a juvenile green sea turtle was discovered stranded at Cape Hatteras National Seashore and reported to the ...
Young sea turtle rescued at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
After she was found stranded at the seashore and was reported to the stranding hotline, the turtle was brought into the Sea ...
Sea turtle covered in 1½ pounds of barnacles 'on the way to recovery'
A sea turtle initially weighed over 7 ½ pounds; her weight decreased to just over 6 pounds once experts cleaned her ...
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Cracks in lighthouse walls will stall, increase restoration costs
Halfway into the $19.2 million project to restore Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, potentially dangerous cracks were discovered in ...
Turtle found covered in more than 1.5 pounds of barnacles, algae
Marine rescuers in North Carolina said they removed more than 1.5 pounds of barnacles and other organisms from a stranded green sea turtle.
Sea turtle found with over 1 ½ pounds of barnacles on shell is 'on the way to recovery'
A sea turtle initially weighed over 7 ½ pounds; her weight decreased to just over 6 pounds once experts cleaned her ...
Barnacle-covered sea turtle rescued and treated in NC
NORTH CAROLINA, USA — A young green sea turtle was recently discovered stranded along Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The ...
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore urges visitors to sign up for text alerts as summer approaches
MANTEO, N.C. (WAVY) – The Cape Hatteras National Seashore is urging visitors to sign up for Dare County Emergency Management’s rip current forecast text alerts and swim at any of the Seashore ...