BUXTON, N.C. (WAVY) — Piles of debris as far as the eyes can see line Old Lighthouse Road in Buxton. The debris is from the nine houses that were destroyed by the waves that scattered along the shores of the oceanfront.

"So sad, yeah, very sad," said Jane Hetzel, who along with her husband Paul have been coming here from Massachusetts for more than 50 years. "It just it makes me cry, ... very upsetting."

"[It's] more than losing a house," Paul Hetzel said. "They lost all the memories that went with it."

Back on Sept. 30, five houses here in Buxton went into the water in one day, and four more would follow. The shoreline has been covered with the contents and remains of the houses that fell.

Carroll Midgett with OBX Lawn and Tractor Service has been cleaning up in Buxton since the first

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