PHOTOS: Hurricane Arthur hits North Carolina’s Outer Banks, expected to weaken
July 4, 2014
Katie Bender gets some assistance from Johanna Bender, left, as they dump water from a boot while sitting on a flooded street after Hurricane Arthur passed through in Manteo, N.C., Friday, July 4, 2014. Arthur began moving offshore and away from North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday after hitting the state's barrier islands overnight, creating a Fourth of July holiday that saw flooding and tens of thousands of power outages. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) ( APTOPIX Arthur )
Daisy de King of the Dominican Republic embraces her eight-month-old daughter after a quick swim, Friday, July 4, 2014 in Virginia Beach, Va. The storm was expected to bring a lousy July Fourth beach day with it as it moved offshore of the northeast coast. Forecasters did predict a second landfall Saturday evening in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Rich-Joseph Facun) ( Arthur )
Bryson Casey splashes through the flooded street after a a storm, Friday, July 4, 2014, in Manteo, N.C. The storm was expected to bring a lousy July Fourth beach day with it as it moved offshore of the northeast coast. Forecasters did predict a second landfall Saturday evening in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Hyunsoo Leo Kim) ( Arthur )
People walk along a flooded street near the waterfront in Manteo, N.C., Friday, July 4, 2014 after Hurricane Arthur passed through the area leaving some roads underwater. Hurricane Arthur began moving offshore and away from North Carolina's Outer Banks early Friday after hitting the state's barrier islands overnight, creating a Fourth of July holiday that saw flooding and tens of thousands of power outages. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome) ( Arthur )
The stretch heading north out of Mirlo Beach on Hatteras Island is covered with sand and seaweed after a storm, Friday, July 4, 2014, in Manteo, N.C. The storm was expected to bring a lousy July Fourth beach day with it as it moved offshore of the northeast coast. Forecasters did predict a second landfall Saturday evening in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Hyunsoo Leo Kim) ( Arthur )
A motorist drives through flooded North Carolina Highway 12 as the wind from the Hurricane Arthur pushes sound water in, south of Nags Head, N.C., Friday, July 4, 2014. Arthur struck North Carolina as a Category 2 storm with winds of 100 mph late Thursday, taking about five hours to move across the far eastern part of the state. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Hyunsoo Leo Kim) ( Arthur )
Bryan Wilson, owner of MillerĂs Waterfront restaurant, braves floodwaters to check the damage to his property as wind from the Hurricane Arthur pushes water to his parking lot in Nags Head, N.C. Friday, July 4, 2014. Arthur struck North Carolina as a Category 2 storm with winds of 100 mph late Thursday, taking about five hours to move across the far eastern part of the state. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Hyunsoo Leo Kim) ( APTOPIX Arthur )
Lauren Heesemann, left, smiles at her nephew Summit Gibson, 7, from Oklahoma as he tries to maintain his balance on the kayak through a flooded street on Friday, July 4, 2014, in Manteo, N.C. The storm was expected to bring a lousy July Fourth beach day with it as it moved offshore of the northeast coast. Forecasters did predict a second landfall Saturday evening in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Hyunsoo Leo Kim) ( Arthur )
A Mercedes sitting at restaurant on Hwy 64 is flooded by Hurricane Arthur, July 4, 2014 in Nags Head, North Carolina. Hurricane Arthur hit North Carolina's Outer Banks overnight causing wide spread power outages and minimal flooding and damage. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) ( 451681154 )
While strong, gusty winds arrive at the Oceanfront Virginia Beach Lifeguard David Derrick tends to his duties on Friday, July 4, 2014, in Virginia Beach, Va. The storm was expected to bring a lousy July Fourth beach day with it as it moved offshore of the northeast coast. Forecasters did predict a second landfall Saturday evening in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Rich-Joseph Facun) ( Arthur )
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