Sandego.net – Communities from North Carolina’s Outer Banks to the Chesapeake Bay are facing an extended stretch of hazardous coastal weather as a developing nor’easter takes shape offshore. Strong wind, elevated water levels and pounding surf are expected to remain concerns through much of the coming week, with the most persistent impacts centered on eastern North Carolina and nearby portions of Virginia and Maryland.

The system is not expected to duplicate the track or intensity of the nor’easter that affected the region last month. Even so, its slow movement near the Carolinas could make it disruptive. A coastal storm that lingers in one area can repeatedly expose beaches, roads and low-lying waterfront neighborhoods to the same damaging conditions over several tidal cycles.…