BUXTON, N.C. – The National Park Service (NPS) along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore is warning people to stay away from the beach in Buxton, North Carolina , after an unoccupied home collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday afternoon, the latest chapter in a relentless battle against the waves of the Atlantic.

This is the 12th house to collapse along the seashore in the past five years, according to the NPS, a result of ongoing beach erosion.

The NPS said some debris still remains in the area. Visitors are also being urged by the NPS to avoid the north end of Rodanthe due to the presence of similarly threatened oceanfront homes.

The collapse comes after a coastal storm lashed the North Carolina Outer Banks earlier this week with heavy rain, coastal flooding and strong winds .

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