A North Carolina Department of Transportation vehicle drives past beach houses down sand-covered N.C. Highway 12 in the Mirlo Beach section of Rodanthe, N.C. Until Hurricane Sandy passed by, there was a house located between the first and second houses to the left; it was knocked into the ocean by the storm.

Deputy Cliff Tice, of the Dare County Sheriff's Department, walks down damaged and impassable N.C. Highway 12 leading into Mirlo Beach in Rodanthe.