Several houses along North Carolina's Outer Banks collapse into Atlantic ocean

The homes, once propped on high stilts, collapsed in the afternoon in Buxton, a community on one of a string of islands that ...

5 homes collapse into the surf of the Outer Banks as hurricanes rumble in Atlantic

Five unoccupied houses along North Carolina’s Outer Banks have collapsed into the ocean. Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda rumbled in the Atlantic on Tuesday, causing the damage.

Homes collapse as waves from hurricanes Imelda, Humberto slam North Carolina's Outer Banks

The unoccupied houses collapsed within 45 minutes, the National Park Service said, as a high tide pounded the beach and washed over dunes.