Officials have been removing debris over the last 72 hours and plan to continue in coming days, according to the National Park Service.
Photo of truckload of collected debris found on Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches. Waves of trash that began showing up along Outer Banks beaches last week likely came from a U.S. Navy vessel nearby, according to National Park Service officials.
The debris washed up along 25 miles of beaches from Nags Head to the villages of Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo. The park service put out a news release Sunday that said the nature of the debris suggest it may have come from the vessel located near the northeastern coast of North Carolina. “Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the Town of Nags Head have observed plastic, metal, paper and textile fabric debris washing up in low densities along approximately 25 miles of beaches,”Park officials first noticed the debris Thursday and reported it to the U.S. Coast Guard’s Sector North Carolina.
Staff from Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Navy and the Town of Nags Head have been removing debris over the last 72 hours.If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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