BUXTON, N.C. – Nearly a dozen homes have collapsed along North Carolina ’s Outer Banks since mid-September after back-to-back hurricanes and coastal storms have eroded sand and swept oceanfront properties into the sea.

The National Park Service (NPS) in Cape Hatteras , North Carolina, said the latest unoccupied home collapsed around 7:45 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18. The home on Cottage Avenue is the 10th in Buxton to collapse since September, but the 11th along Hatteras Island, including a Rodanthe home collapse on Oct. 3.

RESIDENTS SCRAMBLE TO SALVAGE MEMORIES, BELONGINGS FROM NC HOMES TEETERING ON COLLAPSE INTO ATLANTIC

Drone video recorded on Oct. 18 shows waves eating away at the home in Buxton, with more homes surrounded by surf and coastal flooding .

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