At a Glance

Residents were allowed to return to the Outer Banks Saturday and Sunday.Visitors will be allowed to return to some areas starting Sunday afternoon.Mandatory evacuations were ordered for the entire Outer Banks ahead of Florence's arrival.

Long lines of cars led back in North Carolina's Outer Banks as evacuation orders were lifted Saturday and Sunday.

had said residents who live north of Oregon Inlet could return at 7 a.m. Saturday. That includes the towns ofDuck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head, Manteo, Roanoke Island and the Dare County mainland.

After the state's Transportation Department cleared N.C. Highway 12 of sand and determined it and the Bonner Bridge were safe and undamaged, residents of Hatteras Island were allowed to return at 2:30 p.m Saturday. Visitors were to be allowed back startingSunday afternoon at 3 p.m. The NCDOT said Saturday night thatthe Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry was not yet running and access to Hyde County was still restricted.

"Permanent residents will be allowed re-entry with a valid North Carolina driver's license with a local address or a current Dare County property tax bill or parcel data sheet," said Dare County officials in a bulletin. "Non-resident essential personnel of critical businesses such as food service/supply, pharmacies, banks, gas stations, property management, building supply and hotels will be permitted re-entry only with a permit."

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Ferry service from Currituck to Knotts Island , the North Carolina Department of Transportation tweeted.

Road crews removed sand and debris Friday and found no major damage to the pavement from Oregon Inlet to Hatteras. The highway remains closed by deep sand and standing water on Ocracoke Island.

Currituck County allowed residents and property owners to returnto Corolla and Carova on Saturday morning. Visitors may be allowed back on Sunday.

Trinity Methodist Church on Long Avenue is surrounded by floodwaters as the Waccamaw River crested at more than 21 feet in Conway, South Carolina, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. (Jason Lee/The Sun News via AP)