Hurricane Erin chipped away at the shoreline in Buxton

BUXTON, N.C. (WAVY) — The incredible swells from Hurricane Erin brought flooding to many parts of Hatteras Island.

10 On Your Side could not physically travel there since part of NC-12 was still closed on Friday. Erin was gone in a flash, leaving much of the Outer Banks with a sunny Friday morning.

"Yeah, you would never know at all that there was a hurricane up here," resident Scott Dawson said.

Dawson lives in Nags Head and commutes to Buxton every weekday to run the Lost Colony Museum. He grabbed a few irreplaceable items days before the storm flooded the museum parking lot.

"My grandmother lost a staircase and had all of her concrete busted up, which she just poured last year," Dawson said.

Overwash was a big problem. Pictures from resident Wendi Munden show tidal flooding soar pa