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<br /> <br /> <br />Figure 24. Storm wave overwash alon9 N.C. Highway 12 <br />north of Buxton. N.C.. September 8.1999. <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />Buxton overwash September 9. 1999 <br /> <br /> <br />Figure 25. Former location of N.C. Hi9hway 12 near Buxton <br />and replacement dunes. <br /> <br />15 <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~-ln <br />'" <br />~ <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />-Pre-Storm(SeIl1.9B} <br />-Post.Storm(Sept991 <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />., <br />o <br /> <br /> <br />800 <br /> <br />Figure 26. Cross-shore profiles of the area north of Buxton <br />where N.C, Highway 12 was destroyed. Profiles were obtained <br />after Hurricane Dennis by using laser altimetry. The pre-storrn <br />dune was completely eroded, and the area was Qverwashed. <br />After the storm, a new dune was created using bulldozers. <br /> <br />"' <br />~ <br />"' <br />~ <br /> <br />Pre-storm <br />sand dune <br /> <br />Pre-storm <br />beach <br /> <br />Sealevel <br /> <br />100 <br /> <br />200 <br /> <br />300 400 500 600 700 <br />CROSS SHORE DISTANCE, IN FEET <br /> <br />Two Months of Flooding in Eastern North Carolina, September-October 1999 <br /> <br />OJ <br /> <br /> <br />Atlantic <br />Ocean <br /> <br />900 <br />