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Casualties of Tropical Storm Ida include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service headquarters at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, according to the Refuge Watch blog.

The storm also buckled about 800 feet of roadway along N.C. 12, requiring a detour through the refuge near Rodanthe.

"Because the ocean is so close, it would not be prudent to make repairs or to continue to have employee offices [at the Fish and Wildlife Services building], because the outcome is inevitable," Bonnie Strawser, visitor services manager for Alligator River/Pea Island National Wildlife Refuges, told the Outer Banks Sentinel. "It won’t take much of a wave at this point to take the building."

The nor'easter that accompanied Ida caused flooding and debris to be scattered throughout the Cape Hatteras National Seashore just south of Pea Island, the National Park Service said ealrier in the week.