{"id":357004,"date":"2026-09-25T20:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/357004\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T20:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T20:10:15","slug":"noreaster-threatens-nyc-east-coast-live-updates-on-the-storm-photos-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/357004\/","title":{"rendered":"Nor&#8217;easter threatens NYC, East Coast: Live updates on the storm, photos, reactions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Much of the Outer Banks on the shores of North Carolina is already getting battered by the incoming nor&#8217;easter.<\/p>\n<p>Photos show roads on Pea Island submerged after floods breached the dunes on the beach.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.33333333;display:block\" data-no-modal=\"true\" width=\"787\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pics-pea-island-morning-road-142514179.jpg\" alt=\"pea island flooding\" class=\"wp-image-40993852\" \/>Pea Island in North Carolina&#8217;s Outer Banks on Friday. NCDOT\/Facebook<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.88111888;display:block\" data-no-modal=\"true\" width=\"378\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/large-portion-nc-12-outer-142514398.jpg\" alt=\"flooding road\" class=\"wp-image-40993835\" \/>Floodwaters up to four feet deep overtook N.C. Highway 12. NCDOT<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.33333333;display:block\" data-no-modal=\"true\" width=\"787\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pics-pea-island-morning-road-142514178.jpg\" alt=\"Pics from Pea Island this morning. The road is currently covered in 4' of water in some areas, as well as deep sand. At this point, it is impossible to assess the extent of any road damage, but once we do, we will have a better idea of repair\/reopening options.\" class=\"wp-image-40993824\" \/>North Carolina&#8217;s Pea Island was underwater Friday. NCDOT\/Facebook<\/p>\n<p>According to local reports, the road was roughly four feet underwater in some areas.<\/p>\n<p>In nearby Nags Head, the powerful storms destroyed pavement on N.C. Highway 12. The road is now closed until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this point, it is impossible to assess the extent of any road damage, but once we do, we will have a better idea of repair\/reopening options,\u201d authorities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NCDOTNC12\/posts\/pics-from-pea-island-this-morning-the-road-is-currently-covered-in-4-of-water-in\/1669189951913864\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">said in a post<\/a> on the highway&#8217;s official Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" data-no-modal=\"true\" width=\"896\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/us-national-weather-service-newport-142514615.jpg\" alt=\"US National Weather Service Newport\/Morehead City NC \" class=\"wp-image-40993846\" \/>N.C. highway 12, the main road for much of the Outer Banks, is closed until further notice. US National Weather Service Newport\/Morehead City NC<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.33333333;display:block\" data-no-modal=\"true\" width=\"787\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pics-pea-island-morning-road-142514177.jpg\" alt=\"Pics from Pea Island this morning. The road is currently covered in 4' of water in some areas, as well as deep sand. At this point, it is impossible to assess the extent of any road damage, but once we do, we will have a better idea of repair\/reopening options.\" class=\"wp-image-40993861\" \/>\u201cAt this point, it is impossible to assess the extent of any road damage, but once we do, we will have a better idea of repair\/reopening options,\u201d the official page for the highway said in a social media post. NCDOT\/Facebook<\/p>\n<p>The storm is expected to make its way up north to the NYC area this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Much of the Outer Banks on the shores of North Carolina is already getting battered by the incoming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[98,899,900,5309,75,57,1066,9,24,56,63,65,64,122,134,129,58],"class_list":["post-357004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-brooklyn","tag-extreme-weather","tag-floods","tag-live-blogs","tag-manhattan","tag-metro","tag-new-jersey","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-queens","tag-staten-island","tag-the-bronx","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}