Watch: Unoccupied home on North Carolina's Outer Banks collapses into Atlantic as 3 more fall after nor'easter
Concern for other beach homes in the area continues as the nor'easter moves up the East Coast on Sunday, churning up rough surf.
Watch: Collapsed house floats in ocean in Buxton during nor'easter
An abandoned beach home collapsed into the ocean on North Carolina's Outer Banks this morning during rough conditions caused by a powerful nor'easter off the coast. This marks the 28th home to collapse into the ocean since 2020 and the first of 2026.
BUXTON, N.C. – Three more homes have tumbled into the waves of the Atlantic Ocean early Monday along North Carolina's Outer Banks, marking the 31st such collapse since 2020, according to Cape Hatteras National Seashore. This latest spate of unoccupied home collapses comes after rough surf was churned up by a historic bomb-cyclone nor'easter that smacked the Carolinas this weekend.
The 28th home collapsed in Buxton, North Carolina during the storm itself, early Sunday.
Beach house in Buxton, North Carolina, collapses into the ocean during rough beach conditions during a nor'easter on Feb. 1, 2026.
(On_a_adventure Hunter Hicks / FOX Weather)
The powerful nor'easter delivered heavy snow, hurricane-force winds and rough surf across the Carolinas and Virginia.
These marked the first home collapses on the Outer Banks in 2026, following 16 home collapses in Buxton and Rodanthe in late 2025.
According to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Sunday's collapse occurred on Tower Circle Road, the location of several other home collapses in Buxton last year.
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The home was unoccupied and privately-owned.
A powerful nor'easter storm pounded the Outer Banks on Saturday, leaving dangerous beach conditions along with blowing snow and intense gusty winds.
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The entire beach in front of the village of Buxton is closed due to hazardous debris and structures at risk of collapse.
Coastal flooding and beach erosion over the years has led to the deterioration of beaches in the area.
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A collapsed beach house breaks apart in the ocean after collapsing on the beach of Buxton, North Carolina, on Feb. 1, 2026.
(On_a_adventure Hunter Hicksw / FOX Weather)
Homes that were once hundreds of feet from the beach are now constantly sitting in ocean water, damaged and in pieces after continuous beating from the ocean.
FOX Weather was on the ground in Buxton on Oct. 2, 2025 following a series of home collapses in late September and early October.
FILE: FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne reacts to another home falling into the ocean in Buxton, North Carolina. This is the 8th home to collapse in just a few days.
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Correspondent Katie Byrne was preparing for a live report on the beach when a home she had been closely monitoring began cracking and creaking behind her, before swaying forward and collapsing in the water, caught on video.
Video showed the home smacking into another one vulnerable to collapse immediately next to it.