Hatteras Island Evacuation For Hurricane Erin

Local State of Emergency Issued for All Areas of Dare County; Mandatory Evacuation Order Issued for Hatteras Island

Dare County’s Senior Leaders gathered this afternoon (Sunday, August 17, 2025) to receive a briefing from the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Newport/Morehead City, N.C. While Hurricane Erin is expected to stay well off our coast, the system will continue to increase in size and is forecast to bring life-threatening impacts to the Dare County coastline.

A Coastal Flood Watch has already been issued for Dare County. Coastal flooding and ocean overwash are expected to begin as early as Tuesday, August 19, 2025 and continue through Thursday, August 21, 2025. Portions of N.C. Highway 12 on Hatteras Island will likely be impassable for several days.

A State of Emergency declaration has been issued for all areas of Dare County, effective on Sunday, August 17, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.

A Mandatory Evacuation has been issued for Hatteras Island (Zone A) as follows. (Zone A includes all of Hatteras Island, including the unincorporated villages of Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Avon, Buxton, Frisco, and Hatteras.)*

  • Hatteras Island Mandatory Visitor Evacuation (Zone A): All visitors in Hurricane Evacuation Zone A must evacuate beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, August 18, 2025.
  • Hatteras Island Mandatory Resident Evacuation (Zone A): All residents in Hurricane Evacuation Zone A must evacuate beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 19, 2025.

Now is the time to make final preparations, secure property, evacuate with all personal belongings and follow instructions from your property management company.

*§ 42A-36. Mandatory evacuations: If State or local authorities, acting pursuant to Article 1A of Chapter 166A of the General Statutes, order a mandatory evacuation of an area that includes the residential property subject to a vacation rental, the tenant under the vacation rental agreement, whether in possession of the property or not, shall comply with the evacuation order.

For complete information about the Hatteras Island Evacuation Order got to Dare County Emergency Management