At least 5 coastal homes collapse into Atlantic Ocean as hurricanes churn offshore
Source: ksnblocal4.com
By David Hylton
Published: Sep. 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
BUXTON, N.C. (WWBT/Gray News) - Several houses along North Carolinas Outer Banks collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday as two hurricanes churned offshore.
Officials with Cape Hatteras National Seashore said five oceanfront homes collapsed in Buxton within a 60-minute time frame, beginning at around 2 p.m. Tuesday.
No injuries have been reported, authorities said.
Read more: https://www.ksnblocal4.com/2025/09/30/least-5-homes-collapse-into-atlantic-north-carolinas-coast-hurricanes-churn-offshore/
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Several homes collapsed into the Atlantic along North Carolinas Outer Banks on Tuesday. (BRIAN HARRIS, ISLAND FREE PRESS, CNN, Brian Harris/Island Free Press)

Blues Heron
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(72,543 posts)Warpy
(113,970 posts)Anything built on the beach has to be considered temporary. Keep it simple, Stupid.
raising2moredems
(741 posts)If your home has to be on stilts, perhaps it shouldn't be there. I don't recall any history books (from long before the whitewashing started to happen) talking about Native Americans living on the beach.
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