A wall of sandbags extends along the roadside far into the distance aside N.C. Highway 12 on the north end of Ocracoke Island, where washouts and erosion from storm surge repeatedly chew away at the barrier island beach and roadway, in this photo by Dylan Ray published June 30, 2025, and part of a body of work that earned Ray the 2026 Hugh Morton Photographer of the Year award in the online-only division of the North Carolina Press Association’s…
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