After battling the heavy rains and high winds
of Hurricane Ophelia last week, all affected roadways in
According to the North Carolina Department of
Transportation’s Web site, all roads that were closed by the storm have reopened,
including North Carolina
Highway 12 on
The hurricane, which meandered off the east
coast for several days before moving ashore and dumping buckets of rain on
No fatalities have been reported in the days following the storm.