Friday, the Dare County damage assessment teams were deployed to Hatteras Island. The team is conducting a post-storm damage assessment to determine the severity of the impact of Erin on the community. The assessment will include checking on homes, businesses, and public infrastructure to help with their recovery plan.

OUTER BANKS, N.C. (WITN) - Though Erin is moving away from the NC coast, its impacts are still lingering and keeping parts of the Outer Banks’ major highway closed. Hwy 12 will stay closed at the Marc Basnight Bridge and on the north end of Ocracoke at this time.

Hurricane Erin made its closest approach to the North Carolina coast this morning, and Highway 12 is still feeling its effects. The critical highway remains closed on Hatteras Island, as well as on Ocracoke Island.

Hurricane Erin is nearing the North Carolina coast, and its far-reaching effects are already causing rip currents and bigger waves along East Coast beaches.

NCDOT officials said "given the winds, wave heights and storm surge forecast, it likely won't be enough" to keep NC 12 from flooding at the Outer Banks.

Hurricane Erin is forcing evacuations on North Carolina's Outer Banks as it threatens to whip up wild waves and tropical force winds.

Hurricane Erin was a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph as it made its closest approach to the U.S.

The rough conditions along the US East Coast are expected to last for at least a couple more days, officials say.