BUXTON, N.C. — One hundred. That's how many combined threatened oceanfront structures remain in Buxton and Rodanthe. A lengthy discussion at Wednesday's Coastal Resources Commission meeting in Beaufort ultimately led to a motion being passed for the CRC Science Panel to start exploring all options to address the rapidly eroding shorelines.

"Today, there's 52 threatened oceanfront structures in Buxton and 48 in Rodanthe. If every one of those houses were to fall tomorrow, there would be another 100 right behind them," said Dave Hallac, superintendent of Cape Hatteras National Seashore when he addressed the CRC on Wednesday.

The current challenges of Buxton and Rodanthe were spotlighted at this week's CRC meeting, bringing to the forefront that something needs to change for areas facing ra

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