US Edition5 Outer Banks Homes Collapse Into the Water in One Day
Strong winds and 15-foot waves caused five homes to collapse in Buxton, marking the 12th collapse this month and 27th since 2020, officials reported.
- On Tuesday, October 28, 2025, five homes collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Buxton during a coastal storm.
- A coastal low churned northeasterly winds, rain, rough surf and overwash to eastern North Carolina, and the National Weather Service warned of waves up to 15 feet, worsening erosion.
- The National Park Service reported the five unoccupied houses collapsed at specific times on October 28, and state crews closed sections of N.C. 12 at the Buxton turn due to overwash.
- Debris from the collapses continues moving south and the beach in front of Buxton is temporarily closed, while a Coastal Flood Warning covers Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands with inundation expected through Wednesday.
- Eyewitnesses noted the collapses tied a single-day record as five homes fell, and nine Outer Banks homes have collapsed this month, bringing the total since 2020 to 27.
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Beaches were closed in two communities on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, and visitors were warned to stay away, after five houses collapsed into the ocean on Tuesday, swept off their pilings by stormy weather and high winds. The homes, which were unoccupied, wobbled, buckled and broke up as pounding water churned ashore in Buxton, a community of about 1,400 people on Hatteras Island, one of the barrier islands that make up the Cape Hatteras Natio…
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BUXTON, N.C. (WAVY/WNCN) -- Five houses collapsed at the Outer Banks on Tuesday, now totaling 13 houses that have fallen into the ocean in the Buxton community since Sept. 30 and 15 along Cape Hatteras National Seashore since that day -- just four weeks ago. Four weeks ago -- September 30 -- six homes fell into the ocean in just one day, with five swept away in just about 45 minutes. On Tuesday, two homes, located at 46002 Ocean Drive and 46223 …
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