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.
Waves crashing against a home in Buxton, North Carolina on Oct. 18, 2025.
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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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Home collapses in Buxton, N.C. on Sept. 30, 2025.
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Houses in Rodanthe, North Carolina face the threats of oceans.
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This image from FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray shows large waves crashing onshore in Buxton, North Carolina, where numerous homes have fallen into the Atlantic over the past few weeks.
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This image from FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray shows large waves crashing onshore in Buxton, North Carolina, where numerous homes have fallen into the Atlantic over the past few weeks.
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Two men used a ladder to scale a damaged house in Buxton, North Carolina to salvage belongings after the stairs were destroyed.
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This image from FOX Weather Meteorologist Robert Ray shows the aftermath after at least nine homes collapsed into the Atlantic in Buxton, North Carolina.
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This image from FOX Weather Meteorologist Robert Ray shows the aftermath after at least nine homes collapsed into the Atlantic in Buxton, North Carolina.
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This image from FOX Weather Meteorologist Robert Ray shows the aftermath after at least nine homes collapsed into the Atlantic in Buxton, North Carolina.
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Debris from homes washed away by rough surf in Buxton, North Carolina after Hurricane Imelda passed off shore in October 2025.
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Debris from homes washed away by rough surf in Buxton, North Carolina after Hurricane Imelda passed off shore in October 2025.
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Debris from homes washed away by rough surf in Buxton, North Carolina after Hurricane Imelda passed off shore in October 2025.
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Debris from homes washed away by rough surf in Buxton, North Carolina after Hurricane Imelda passed off shore in October 2025.
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Debris from homes washed away by rough surf in Buxton, North Carolina after Hurricane Imelda passed off shore in October 2025.
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Debris from homes washed away by rough surf in Buxton, North Carolina after Hurricane Imelda passed off shore in October 2025.
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Eighth home collapses into ocean in Buxton, North Carolina on Oct. 2, 2025.
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Homes collapse in Buxton, N.C.
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an unoccupied home collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday afternoon, the latest chapter in a relentless battle against the waves of the Atlantic. This is the 12th house to collapse along the seashore in the past five years, according to the NPS, a result of ongoing beach erosion.
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A few homes stand in the background of a pile of debris from collapsed homes in Buxton.
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Debris from homes washed away by rough surf in Buxton, North Carolina after Hurricane Imelda passed off shore in October 2025.
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According to the NPS, 22 homes have collapsed on the National Seashore in North Carolina since 2020.
Winds, waves, tides and rising seas have played a contributing role to major costal erosion along the Outer Banks. The latest collapses come after two passing hurricanes stirred up massive waves in September and then a nor’easter brought on another round of rough surf last week. Eight homes collapsed in Buxton, including one live on FOX Weather, over three days.
The majority of the collapses along the Cape Hateras National Seashore are happening in the villages of Rodanthe and Buxton.
