BUXTON, N.C.– Another house along the beach in North Carolina‘s Outer Banks collapsed into the ocean on Thursday afternoon during relentless surf supercharged by dual offshore hurricanes, making it the eighth home in just three days to fall.
Tuesday began the fury of collapses, as hurricanes Imelda and Humberto brought large waves to the Outer Banks.
Six homes fell Tuesday, followed by a seventh on Wednesday night.
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Another home along the beach in Buxton, North Carolina, collapsed Thursday, marking the eighth to fall since Tuesday. FOX Weather’s Katie Byrne saw the collapse happen and talks about what it was like to experience such a moment.
FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne was there as the eighth home collapsed into the Atlantic on Thursday.
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FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne reacts to another home falling into the ocean in Buxton, North Carolina. This is the 8th home to collapse in just a few days.
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“You hear the creaking, the snapping sounds of the wood. And then just in a matter of seconds, the house fell down onto its pilings,” Byrne said, recapping the moment. “It’s now the eighth one to add to this field of debris that’s now growing.”
Dozens of people gathered on the beach to watch the house sway in and out of the ocean, pushing up against another house in the background.
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Piles of debris littered the beach from other collapsed houses.
“It’s unreal. I’m actually speechless, and it’s really, really sad what’s happening to this community, to these homes,” Adrianne, who lives in Buxton, told Byrne. “People have spent their entire lives vacationing here. It really is paradise, but there’s always a price to pay.”
While Byrne was speaking to Adrianne, the first story of the home collapsed into the ocean and a large wave splashed up onto the beach, carrying the home with it.
The once-second floor of a beach home in Buxton collapsed into the ocean after the home was knocked off its piles on Thursday afternoon. FOX Weather’s Katie Byrne spoke to a resident who watched the home fall.
Byrne said offshore buoys indicated waves up to 14 feet. High Surf Advisories remain in effect through Saturday morning.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore said it will deploy about two dozen staff to Buxton on Friday to contribute to the significant cleanup efforts associated with the recent house collapses.
