Another Rodanthe home collapses, the sixth since May

Another beach home has collapsed in the Outer Banks, marking the sixth house to fall in Rodanthe this year. The home at 23241 Surf Side Drive in Rodanthe collapsed late Thursday night into Friday, according to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. It was unoccupied at the time.
Posted 11/15/2024, 5:16:46 PM Updated 11/16/2024, 1:58:05 PM

ENTRANCES. SHOPPERS THINK IT'LL

ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO

COME DOWNTOWN.

>> ANOTHER HOME HAS FALLEN INTO

THE OCEAN IN RODANTHE ON THE

BEACH. THERE'S THE 6TH ONE NOW

THIS YEAR AND THE PARK SERVICE

CLOSE THAT PORTION OF BEACH

WHILE CREWS WORKED TO CLEAN

UP ALL OF THE DEBRIS THAT WAS

LEFT BEHIND. WRAL'S BRETT KNESE

SPOKE WITH THE MAN WHO OWNS A

HOME NEARBY AND HAS A PLAN TO

MOVE IT TO KEEP IT FROM

SUFFERING THE SAME FATE.

>> IT'S A SCENE THAT HAS PLAYED

OUT TIME AND TIME AGAIN THIS

YEAR.

MAKING HOMES COLLAPSING INTO

THE OCEAN AFTER STRONG TIDES

AND CURRENTS RIP AWAY THE SAND

FROM UNDERNEATH THEM. THE

LATEST TO FALL VICTIM IS THIS

HOME. IT FELL INTO THE OCEAN

OVERNIGHT. IT'S PRETTY CRAZY

DESK. A SLUR HAS A HOME IN

RODANTHE OVERNIGHT THAT IT

BREACHED THE SAND DUNE IN FRONT

OF HIS HOME WATER RUSHED BELOW

IT. THIS IS THE SAME TIME THAT

CLAIMED THE LATEST HOME WITHIN

ALL OVER THE WORLD. THAT'S THE

LAST WE WAS TRAVELING THIS.

THAT'S MY FAVORITE PLACE THEM

IN THE WORLD. HE JUST SIGNED

THE PAPERWORK THIS WEEK TO HAVE

A CREW MOVED HIS HOUSE BACK

AWAY FROM THE SHORELINE.

>> ABOUT 130 FEET. INVESTORS

SAYS THE URGENCY TO MOVE HIS

HOME AND OTHERS TO SAFER GROUND

HAS NEVER BEEN GREATER PRETTY

COMFORTABLE THAN WE KNEW.

THIS MOVIE WERE GOOD FOR

ANOTHER. 25 YEARS CREWS WILL

START MOVING HIS HOUSE IN

DECEMBER.

>> IT WILL TAKE A COUPLE OF

MONTHS TO COMPLETE THAT

PROCESS. DOES OUR SAYS OTHER

PEOPLE AREN'T SO LUCKY. THAT'S

WHY HE AND COMMUNITY LEADERS

ARE PUSHING FOR THE STATE AND

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO FUND

BEACH RE NOURISHMENT AND OTHER

PROJECTS TO HELP SAVE OR THE

EMPTY. WE JUST LOVE IT. AND

IT'S JUST.

>> THE THOUGHTS THAT PLACES

WASHING AWAY. IT IS JUST TOO

SPECIAL. WE CAN'T LET IT GO OR

MAYBE A SPECIAL PLACE FOR

GUESTS ARE AND SO MANY THE TIME

SEEMS TO BE RUNNING OUT.

BRETT KNESE WRAL NEWS. WHERE DO

YOU THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT

ISSUE AND WE'VE BEEN COVERING

IT EXTENSIVELY HERE AT WRAL.

YOU CAN FIND A REPORTING ON

THESE OCEANFRONT HOMES FALLING

INTO THE OCEAN.

>> THE OTHER STILL AT RISK.

AND WHAT'S CONTRIBUTING TO THEM

COLLAPSING. YOU CAN FIND ALL OF

OUR COVERAGE ON OUR WEBSITE,

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