The Virginian-Pilot 
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, December 24, 1994            TAG: 9412240290
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   19 lines

COLOR PHOTOS BY DREW C. WILSON, STAFF RYAN TORRANCE, 15, OF KILL DEVIL HILLS, ABOVE, IS CAUGHT IN SURF FRIDAY AS A LARGE WAVE BLASTS OVER A DUNE AT ORLANDO STREET IN KITTY HAWK. WAVES CHURNED UP BY A PASSING NORTHEASTER THREATENED COTTAGES ALONG N.C. ROUTE 12. BYSTANDERS, RIGHT, HELP A MOTORIST WHOSE CAR BECAME MIRED IN THE SAND AFTER WAVES WASHED OVER N.C. ROUTE 12 IN KITTY HAWK.

KEYWORDS: STORM EROSION WEATHER by CNB