OCRACOKE ISLAND, N.C. (WNCN) — "Travel is dangerous."

That is how the North Carolina Department of Transportation described N.C. Highway 12 after announcing that the highway is beginning to reopen in Dare County — while also issuing major levels of caution while driving on the coast.

Earlier this weekend, a powerful nor'easter traversed through the NC coast. It brought heavy winds, downpour and overwash to the popular Outer Banks highway.

The National Weather Service issued numerous advisories for the beaches due to the threat of the nor'easter and the damage it could cause. NCDOT closed NC-12 around noon Saturday from the northern Ferry Terminal to the National Park Service Pony Pens due to ocean overwash.

Around 8 a.m. Sunday morning, NCDOT said NC-12 reopened on Hatteras Island but

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