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Fig. 11.9 The NC Department of Transportation surveying the effects of a storm on NC Highway
12 at the southern end of Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, Outer Banks. The storm destroyed
the road, despite a large, sand bag-cored barrier dune dike, and took out several oceanfront houses
in the village of Rodanthe. (Image by US Fish and Wildlife Service)
Fig. 11.10 The NC Department of Transportation deals with the aftermath of a major storm event
that buried parts of the Outer Banks village of Rodanthe in overwash sand. (Image by the US Fish
and Wildlife Service)
S. R. Riggs
Fig. 11.9 The NC Department of Transportation surveying the effects of a storm on NC Highway
12 at the southern end of Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, Outer Banks. The storm destroyed
the road, despite a large, sand bag-cored barrier dune dike, and took out several oceanfront houses
in the village of Rodanthe. (Image by US Fish and Wildlife Service)
Fig. 11.10 The NC Department of Transportation deals with the aftermath of a major storm event
that buried parts of the Outer Banks village of Rodanthe in overwash sand. (Image by the US Fish
and Wildlife Service)
S. R. Riggs