are people picking up the pieces? >> reporter: hi fred, people who rode out the storm at home or ones that left the island as they were advised to do are coming back to see how they fared through dorian. what they really found is they lost part of an iconic pier out here, the pylons ripped away by crashing waves, but for the most part throughout the outer banks it was a concern of flooding that caused most people to evacuate in advance of the storm or people had to deal with what happened in the aftermath. the southern part of the outer banks was hit hardest. of course dorian made landfall over cape hatteras. there was a storm surge over ocracoke island. residents have described seeing water coming, alarming many left on that island, about 800 people decided to stay in place. they suddenly found themselves with no way out, no access road to get out, and of course the ferries were not running during the storm. emergency management officials