Couple Turns Wedding into Epic Family Vacation After Hurricane Erin Halts Their Destination Ceremony

A mates isn't letting Hurricane Erin rainfall connected their parade aft nan vulnerable large wind forced them to postpone their wedding plans connected nan Outer Banks.

On Sunday, Aug. 17, bride and groom Amber Beninati and Lucas Patruno of Massachusetts received an removal bid that waylaid their plans to get joined successful North Caroline. The news led to them canceling their ceremony, which was group to return spot nan pursuing time successful Ocracoke, according to WRAL News.

Hurricane Erin has affected aggregate parts of North Carolina, hitting it pinch winds reaching speeds of 105 miles per hour, 30-foot waves, vulnerable currents and torrential rains arsenic it travels down nan eastbound seashore of nan United States, according to nan BBC.

The Outer Banks was 1 of nan worst-hit areas, per nan outlet.

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Beninati and Patruno's large time was meant to beryllium an friendly juncture pinch conscionable nan 2 of them and their 4 daughters coming for nan destination wedding, WRAL News reported.

Despite bad upwind keeping them from exchanging vows, nan blended family of six decided to make nan champion of nan news and turned nan cancelled wedding into a family vacation.

The picnic included a formation time astatine Nags Head and plans to sojourn Washington, D.C.

"We decided to walk nan remainder of our picnic meandering home," nan mates told WRAL News. "We drove done nan Shenandoah Valley, tomorrow we're going to caput to Washington, D.C. We're benignant of conscionable trying to do immoderate nosy worldly pinch nan kids, alternatively than conscionable spell location and beryllium around."

The bride’s girl Carina Beninati told nan outlet that she had been looking guardant to nan destination wedding since she was going to beryllium a flower girl. 

Like her parents, she recovered a agleam side, saying that she was still happy pinch nan events that unfolded pursuing nan family trip.

“And I conjecture I sewage different win, because now I’m going to beryllium connected TV,” she joked,

"For us, we’ve been labeling it perseverance," Patruno added. "We’re going to get joined still. We’re going to push done this. We’re going to activity together, and it’s going to make america stronger."

The wedding is now group to return spot astatine nan Outer Banks successful 2026.