Just in:Beachfront homes along Outer Banks keep crumbling into the ocean claiming lives.
Beachfront homes along Outer Banks keep crumbling into the ocean
With a storm system stalled off the East Coast, the Atlantic Ocean claimed two more homes this week — one of which was caught on video — and officials warn that more homes are in danger.
Severe coastal flooding in North Carolina caused multiple houses to collapse and drift into the ocean on May 10.
The Atlantic Ocean claimed two more beachfront homes along North Carolina’s famous Outer Banks Tuesday. Dramatic video released by the Cape Hatteras National Seashore shows waves crashing on the crumbled homes on Hatteras Island, which is in Rodanthe, North Carolina.
One video even captured the shocking moment a house succumbed to the ocean as the high tide crept up Tuesday afternoon. The homes that fell into the Atlantic Tuesday aren’t the first to collapse into the ocean and they won’t be the last, according to local officials.
In a news release, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore confirmed the first house, located on Ocean Drive, was unoccupied when it collapsed early Tuesday morning before the sun rose. The second house, located adjacent to the first house on Ocean Drive, was also unoccupied when it fell into the ocean, according to a news release from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
Beaches along all of Ocean Drive in Rodanthe have been closed to protect the public from the hazards associated with the collapsed home and the dangers of additional homes in the area also collapsing.
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