Hurricane Isabel, 2003
This powerful late-summer weather system provided excellent waves for the entire eastern seaboard, then made landfall over North Carolina's Outer Banks as a property-destroying Category Two hurricane. "Isabel," as surf journalist Terry Gibson wrote in the aftermath, illustrated "the ultimate paradox, the perverse excitement, of East Coast surfing—that the same hurricane that produces destruction, ...
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Wrightsville, North Carolina, hours before Hurricane Isabel moved ashoreSubscribe to view
Virginia Beach, after Hurricane Isabel. Photo: Stephan SavoiaSubscribe to view
Wrightsville Beach,as Hurricane Isabel approaches. Photo: Logan Mock-BuntingSubscribe to view
Virginia Beach, just prior to Hurricane IsabelSubscribe to view
Flooding at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, after Hurricane IsabelSubscribe to view
Hurricane Isabel
Wrightsville, North Carolina, hours before Hurricane Isabel moved ashore
Virginia Beach, after Hurricane Isabel. Photo: Stephan Savoia
Wrightsville Beach,as Hurricane Isabel approaches. Photo: Logan Mock-Bunting
Virginia Beach, just prior to Hurricane Isabel
Flooding at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, after Hurricane Isabel