BUXTON, N.C. — Another unoccupied house at 46203 Tower Circle Road collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean overnight Tuesday, officials said, making it the sixth house to fall along the Outer Banks in the past 24 hours.

On Wednesday evening, a seventh house fell at approximately 8 p.m. That one was located at 46207 Tower Circle Road in Buxton.

The collapses follow five other homes in Buxton that fell earlier Tuesday as a result of strong surf from Hurricane Humberto and Hurricane Imelda, bringing dangerous waves to the southeast coast. All of the homes were unoccupied at the time of the collapses.

The recent series adds to an already large tally, marking the 13th through 19th house collapses along the Outer Banks over the past five years. The most recent previous collapse occurred just two we

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