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Nor’easter kills Brooklyn worker as emergency ferry reaches Hatteras
Leighton Brown was killed by a falling tree in Brooklyn. An emergency ferry reached road-cut Hatteras, but the damaged mainland route has no confirmed reopening date.
What changed
- 1Confirmed storm death through early Monday
- 130,000+Regional utility customers without power Sunday
- ~500 ftN.C. 12 pavement damaged near Pea Island
- Brown’s death is confirmed; Sunday ferry service began, and Ocracoke’s road reopened.
Still open then
- No verified second death, Pea Island reopening date or final storm-wide damage total.
We said we'd watch for
- Whether crews can open the Pea Island detour after further high tides.

