National Park Service (NPS) staff continued a major debris-removal operation on Monday following the recent string of oceanfront house collapses on Hatteras Island. Two dozen seashore employees filled 52 pickup trucks with debris in Buxton, bringing the total to 415 pickup loads of material collected since cleanup operations began earlier this month.
According to the NPS, all large debris has now been removed from the beach in front of the Buxton Formerly Used Defense Site and from the east side of the nearby pond. Crews cleared large piles of lumber, siding, metal, and other building materials that had washed ashore after the most recent collapse.
A smaller team will return today to operate a mechanized beach rake to remove smaller pieces of debris, such as nails, insulation, and splintered wood that remain embedded in the sand.
The operation follows a series of coastal storms and erosion events that have caused ten oceanfront homes to collapse along Hatteras Island over the past three weeks.
The most recent collapse occurred in Buxton on Saturday night, marking the 10th home to fall since September 30. Earlier this month, cleanup crews had already removed 363 truckloads of debris after the first nine collapses.
The seashore will continue monitoring the shoreline and nearby structures as cleanup and erosion-mitigation efforts continue in the coming days, and visitors are urged to use caution when walking in the area.
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