NAGS HEAD, N.C. — The fall and winter storms on the Outer Banks are challenging for our shoreline here. That's clear on Hatteras Island that has been hit by storm after storm on top of facing rapid erosion in areas like Rodanthe and Buxton.

But the northern Outer Banks towns see the impacts of storms and erosion too. Many town's using beach nourishment to help replenish the shorelines about every five years.

"Prior to the initial project in 2011 we conducted here in Nags Head, we looked a bit like Hatteras Island where they're having issues right now," said Roberta Thuman, public information officer for the Town of Nags Head.

Prior to the Town of Nags Head's first beach nourishment project 14 years ago, Thuman explains that the town was going through a difficult time on the shoreline.

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