Fifth Outer Banks Home Collapses in Buxton This Year; Visitors Warned to Avoid Beach After Coastal Flooding
Park officials said 32 homes have collapsed on Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches since 2020 as crews assess hazardous debris.
- On Tuesday night, an unoccupied oceanfront house at 46000 Ocean Drive in Buxton collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean, prompting Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials to close beach access due to scattered hazardous debris.
- This incident marks the 32nd home to collapse since May 29, 2020, and the fifth such collapse this year, reflecting an accelerating erosion crisis along the vulnerable shoreline.
- Dare County Manager Bobby Outten said the county ran out of time to acquire the property before collapse; neighbors and park staff spent Wednesday collecting debris scattered from the jetty to Cape Point.
- Despite the loss, Dare County plans to proceed with a beach nourishment project expected to begin mid to late June, with jetty repair bids opening June 8 as scheduled.
- Buxton Civic Association member Jeff Dawson warned that anxiety persists among residents, as hurricane season began June 1 and adds heightened risk to the already unstable area.
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Additional home collapses in Buxton; visitors urged to avoid beach
BUXTON, N.C. (WAVY)-- Cape Hatteras National Seashore is urging visitors to avoid the beach and stay out of the water, from the Village of Buxton south to the Cape Point area, after a home collapsed Tuesday night. Officials say the unoccupied house, in the 46000 block of Ocean Drive, collapsed and left varying amounts of [...]
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Culpeper Star-ExponentHome falls into ocean on NC’s Outer Banks, creating debris trail, park says
The $550,000 beach home at 46000 Ocean Drive in Buxton is no more, having collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean overnight, according to the National Park Service.
Fifth Outer Banks home collapses in Buxton this year; visitors warned to avoid beach after coastal flooding
BUXTON, N.C. (WAVY/WNCN)-- Cape Hatteras National Seashore is urging visitors to avoid the beach and stay out of the water this week after yet another home fell into the ocean on Tuesday night. Officials say the unoccupied house, in the 46000 block of Ocean Drive in Buxton, collapsed and left varying amounts of hazardous debris [...]
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