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Five unoccupied houses along North Carolina's Outer Banks collapsed into the ocean on Tuesday as Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda rumbled in the Atlantic, marking the latest private beachfront structures to fall into the surf in recent years.
The homes, once propped on high stilts, collapsed in the afternoon in a community on one of the string of islands that make up the Outer Banks.
Mike Barber, spokesperson for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, confirmed no injuries were reported.
Videos shown by local station 13News Now depicted homes teetering on stilts, battered by waves before plunging into the surf.
The shoreline became clogged with debris including two-by-fours, cushions and an entire home as wave after wave rolled in from the Atlantic.
In eastern Morocco's largest city, police in full riot gear responded to the situation.
North Carolina's coast consists almost entirely of narrow, low-lying barrier islands that have been eroding amid sea level rise for years.
Seventeen privately owned houses have collapsed on Seashore beaches since 2020.
The first 15 were located north of Buxton in Rodanthe, but a Buxton home fell into the surf two weeks ago.
The threat to these structures often builds when storms affect the region, as is the case with the two latest storms, even as they headed further out in the Atlantic.
Portions of eastern North Carolina were subject to coastal flood advisories and warnings, whilst dangerous surf conditions were expected in the area through the rest of the week.
2025-10-01 20:42:00



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