North Carolina Home Collapses Into Atlantic in Dramatic Footage, Violent Surf Soon Finishes the Job

It’s sad to see someone’s home collapse in the midst of tidal flooding. Two homes fell into the sea on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in the community of Rodanthe, WFLA-TV reported. But there are several stories tied…

IJR SyndicatedMay 21, 20223 min read

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The storm closed Highway 12 and the Marc Basnight Bridge for more than two days. Large amounts of sand washed ashore.

And that brings us to seaside houses, which Hallac said have been at risk for years.

No one was in the two homes that collapsed because occupancy had earlier been condemned, according to Bobby Outten, Dare County manager.

“The homes are insured and once we tag the home as unlivable then, you know, the property owner can’t use the house anymore.”

Outten said the county is continually asking homeowners to move their homes back from the sea, but they refuse.

“Of course, the homeowner’s waiting for them to fall in because that’s how they recover their insurance proceeds and so there’s sort of a back-and-forth with that, trying to prevent the debris getting on the park’s beaches,” he said.

The homeowners are responsible for debris from their wrecked houses, according to Outten, and he said when the homes were built the shoreline was not as close.

Another house collapsed in February, WVEC said, dumping debris into the ocean and the beach.

“Unfortunately, there may be more houses that collapse onto Seashore beaches in the near future,” Halleck said. “We proactively reached out to homeowners along Ocean Drive in Rodanthe after the first house collapse and recommended that actions be taken to prevent collapse and impacts to Cape Hatteras National Seashore.”

Obviously, the efforts of officials like Halleck and Outten were not heeded, and two more houses recently went into the sea.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.