DARE COUNTY, N.C. (WAVY) — The rain in the Outer Banks just doesn’t seem to want to go away.
Roads in Dare and Currituck counties remained flooded Monday after heavy rains fell over the weekend, transportation officials say.
Officials with the North Carolina Department of Transportation said in a Facebook post Monday many roads still had standing water, which in some areas was “quite deep.”
No roads were closed, but officials highlighted a few key areas that were impacted:
- NC12 South of Bonner to Hatteras Village.
- NC12 on the beach road in Kill Devil Hills: Areas of of very deep water.
- NC12 Duck to Corolla.
Areas across the east coast of North Carolina were under flash flooding warnings during the heavy downpours seen throughout the day on Sunday.
Viewer photos sent to 10 On Your Side show multiple roads in Kill Devil Hills and Hertford County completed covered in water. Parts of Kill Devil Hills were under a flash flood warning until 9:15 p.m. on Sunday.
“We started flooding about 10 days ago,” said Manteo resident Kimberly Head.
The water has filled up streets in Manteo’s Brakewood neighborhood.
“All the sudden it is just non-stop,” added Manteo resident Deborah Cheesman.
“This has never been like this with all the hurricanes and all the storms,” Cheesman said.
Bradford Lane is underwater and it’s heading right for Kimberly Head’s home.
“The first three days we had sandbags up and it was keeping the water from our garage,” Head added.
It only helped so much, because the water just kept rising and now the garage is wet.
“We can’t even wear our boots, because it is too deep to get in and out of the house,” Head said. “Our dogs are in kennels, because there is no place for them to go. It’s very unsanitary.”
The Heads have started moving things to high ground. Unfortunately they don’t have flood insurance.
“This is a devastating loss potentially walking away from the house,” Head added.
On the other side of the cul-de-sac the Cheesman’s are boarding up the garage.
“It was just in the drainage ditch and then last night with the rainfall this all filled in,” Cheesman said.
No one knows when the water will stop rising. The Heads called county and state officials to see if they can get help, but have been told at this point there’s nothing that can be done.
“It’s very scary and very sad,” Head said
Town officials noted on Facebook Monday that a few areas were experiencing high water levels:
Southern Kill Devil Hills – NC 12; Wrightsville Avenue and Memorial Avenue in the vicinity of Martin Street
Shay and Quail Lanes – west of US 158 towards the Nags Head Woods area
Officials warned citizens and visitors in the Outer Banks to be aware of the conditions and to “drive with extreme caution.”
