RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Officials are moving out to assess the damage as Hurricane Earl passed by North Carolina's Outer Banks.

Mark Van Sciver (SKY-ver) with the state emergency operations center says no injuries have been reported.

Van Sciver says there has been flooding on at Cape Hatteras and some waves washed over NC Highway 12, the main highway on the stretch of barrier islands.

He says the wind damage has caused power outages, mostly in Hyde County, where about 5,000 customers were without service. Other utilities reported more than 1,600 customers were without service in Dare County and farther south around New Bern, Morehead City, Jacksonville and Kinston.

Van Sciver says the state was fortunate to have Earl swipe the coast, rather than make a direct hit.