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Dorian's Floodwaters Trapped Hundreds In The Outer Banks Until Boat Rescuers Arrived

One islander who was saved described Dorian this way: "It was like being in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome mixed with The Wizard of Oz," she said. "The noise, the intensity was just outrageous."
Flooding from Hurricane Dorian swamped Ocracoke Island on Friday in North Carolina's Outer Banks.

Theresa Ray lives in a small house on 4-foot stilts in the low-lying marshlands of Ocracoke Island, what many consider the gem of North Carolina's Outer Banks.

On Friday, as she was making ramen noodles in her kitchen, Ray heard what sounded like a fleet of trucks barreling straight toward her.

"I'm looking out my window and you just see this 3-foot wall of water, and it's only 3 feet, but it still like keeps rushing in more and more," she said. "It

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