Rough seas from Hurricane Ernesto have sent at least one home into the ocean in Rodanthe.
Saturday, August 17, 2024 4:14PM RODANTHE , N.C. --Video and pictures posted by Chicamacomico Banks Fire & Rescue show the breathtaking scene with debris littering the beach and a whole home floating in the surf.
"Please do not enter the ocean as the debris will be washing around for the next few days," the first responders wrote on social media. The area where this is happening is along Corbina Drive, and homes like this collapsing into the ocean is. Just in the past 4 years there have been six homes in Rodanthe that have collapsed.
Collapsing homes along the ocean can cause a myriad of problems for people as well as the local ecosystem. That's why the Superintendent of the National Park Service covering Cape Hatteras launched a"We had to have willing sellers' houses that were essentially in the ocean at high tide every day. We found the money to purchase those properties. We removed the houses completely, demolished them completely and restored the beach.
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