Another oceanfront home has fallen into the Atlantic Ocean along Rodanthe, as waves from distant Hurricane Ernesto continue to build.
Chicamacomico Fire and Rescue posted video of the house located at the end of Corbina Drive floating into the breakers Friday evening.
This is the seventh structure in Rodanthe to fall since 2020, with the most recent happening in May.
Debris from previous collapses washed up along more than 20 miles of Hatteras Island beach in the days after they fell.
In some cases, cleanup costs have been paid for by the homeowner. But most of the time the National Park Service has had to foot the bill and attempt to recover the money from the owners.
Details about Friday’s collapse are still being gathered, and a press release is pending from Cape Hatteras National Seashore that will have more information about possible beach closures and efforts to round up the debris.
Large swells, dangerous rip currents, and some overwash at high tide started to arrive along the Outer Banks on Friday from distant Hurricane Ernesto, and will continue through the weekend.
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Last November, contractors demolished a pair of homes on East Beacon Drive that were threatened with collapse.
They were purchased by the National Park Service, with assistance from the National Park Trust and funding from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, properties at 23292 and 23298 East Beacon Road were purchased earlier in the fall for fair market value using zero taxpayer dollars.
The fund invests earnings from offshore oil and gas leasing by the U.S. Department of Interior “to acquire lands, waters, and interests therein necessary to achieve the natural, cultural, wildlife, and recreation management objectives of the National Park Service.”
The Park Service has been working with Dare County to identify dozens of homes threatened by erosion in the tri-villages, a working group was established in 2022 to come up with strategies to address the issues.
And they have communicated with dozens of property owners about shoring up their properties or consider relocation, with some having already moved or in the process of moving their homes.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore has a webpage to provide information and updates about those efforts at https://www.nps.gov/caha/learn/news/threatened-oceanfront-structures.htm
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