| 21. | The breach on the southern end of Hatteras Island was filled in with sand, as well.
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| 22. | An estimated 5, 000 residents and tourists stayed on Hatteras Island after Sunday's evacuation order.
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| 23. | Luckily, I was first in line for the next 40-minute ferry over to Hatteras Island.
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| 24. | Pea Island was a contiguous part of Hatteras Island until the passage of Hurricane Irene in August 2011.
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| 25. | Each year, churning currents and violent storms erode the Hatteras Island shoreline by an average of 10 feet.
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| 26. | On Hatteras Island, most homes and businesses were closed and only a few people were on the streets.
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| 27. | By Thursday, all but 500 of the 5, 000 permanent residents of Hatteras Island had power restored.
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| 28. | There weren't many people on the island, said Terry Gray at the Hatteras Island ferry office.
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| 29. | Hatteras Island is known for sport fishing, surfing, windsurfing and blue marlin capital of the world ."
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| 30. | This stretch of shore is home to more than 600 shipwrecks off the shifting sandbars of the Hatteras Islands.
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