Five more homes collapsed into the sea along North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Tuesday, according to the National Park Service (NPS), after Hurricanes Imelda and Humberto pummeled the area in late September.

That brings the total number of oceanfront homes that have been plunged into the waves below to 15 over the last few weeks, rangers said.

Why Are These Homes Collapsing?

All but one of the 15 homes that have collapsed as waves battered the state’s east coast over the past few weeks were in the Buxton neighborhood.

This North Carolina coastal village, known for its beautiful beaches and the tallest brick lighthouse in North America—the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse—is now being threatened by extreme weather. In the Mid-Atlantic and Gulf Coast regions, climate change is fueling more severe

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