A seventh home collapsed in Buxton on Wednesday night, according to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The unoccupied home was located at 46207 Tower Circle Road. Nineteen homes have collapsed on Seashore beaches since 2020.
Original story, posted Oct. 1, 2:47 p.m.
While hurricanes Imelda and Humberto did not make landfall in the United States, the storms still delivered destruction along the coast of the Outer Banks.
Rough surf and strong winds from the dual hurricanes caused six homes to collapse near Buxton on Tuesday. All were unoccupied at the time.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina confirmed the damage, reporting that five homes fell on Tuesday between 2 p.m. and 2:45 p.m., and the sixth home collapsed at approximately 11 p.m.
The houses that collapsed were located on Cottage Avenue (46001, 46002, 46007) and Tower Circle Road (46203, 46209, 46211), according to the National Park Service.
Seashore warned visitors to stay away from collapsed home sites and to use caution for miles south of the sites, due to the presence of debris in the water and along the beaches.
The entire beachfront from northern Buxton through ORV (off-road vehicle) ramp 43 is closed for public safety.
One additional home on Tower Circle Road collapsed earlier this year on Sept. 16. Eighteen homes have collapsed on Seashore beaches since 2020.
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This is the first hurricane season in 10 years that no hurricanes have made landfall in the U.S. through the end of September. Seven on the previous eight times this occurred, no hurricane made landfall in the U.S. for the entire hurricane season. There have been nine named storms this season.
“Climatologically speaking, around 75 percent of the hurricane season is past, leaving 25 percent of the hurricane season ahead of us, said Alex DaSilva, AccuWeather lead hurricane expert.
On Oct. 15, 12 percent remains, on average. By the start of November, only 3 percent of the hurricane season is left, he said.
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