Another home collapses along North Carolina's Outer Banks, 32nd since 2020, as hurricane season begins
This is now the fifth home to collapse in Buxton this year and the 32nd home to fall into the ocean since 2020.
Watch: Leaning beach home collapses into the Atlantic along North Carolina's Outer Banks
Video captures the moment an oceanfront house in Buxton collapsed into the Atlantic during rough seas on June 2, 2026. This was the 20th house in Buxton to collapse in the last year and the 32nd house along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore to fall since 2020.
BUXTON, NC. – Another unoccupied home collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean in Buxton, North Carolina, late Tuesday — the 20th such collapse in Buxton since September 2025.
This is the latest incident in an ongoing battle against coastal erosion in the Hatteras National Seashore on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
![The 20th home collapse in Buxton, North Carolina, along the Outer Banks since September 2025, highlighting the ongoing battle against coastal erosion.]()
Image 1 of 4The 20th home collapse in Buxton, North Carolina, along the Outer Banks since September 2025, highlighting the ongoing battle against coastal erosion. (FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne)
![The 20th home collapse in Buxton, North Carolina, along the Outer Banks since September 2025, highlighting the ongoing battle against coastal erosion.]()
Image 2 of 4The 20th home collapse in Buxton, North Carolina, along the Outer Banks since September 2025, highlighting the ongoing battle against coastal erosion. (FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne)
![The 20th home collapse in Buxton, North Carolina, along the Outer Banks since September 2025, highlighting the ongoing battle against coastal erosion.]()
Image 3 of 4The 20th home collapse in Buxton, North Carolina, along the Outer Banks since September 2025, highlighting the ongoing battle against coastal erosion. (FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne)
![The 20th home collapse in Buxton, North Carolina, along the Outer Banks since September 2025, highlighting the ongoing battle against coastal erosion.]()
Image 4 of 4The 20th home collapse in Buxton, North Carolina, along the Outer Banks since September 2025, highlighting the ongoing battle against coastal erosion. (FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne)
FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne arrived on the scene early Wednesday; neighbors told her it took less than 30 minutes for waves to consume the collapsed home.
Byrne reported that additional pilings had recently been added to the now-destroyed house in an attempt to reinforce it until an expected beach replenishment project begins later this month.
Another home collapses along North Carolina's Outer Banks, 32nd since 2020
FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne is on the Outer Banks in Buxton, North Carolina, where another home collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean late Tuesday. The collapse marks the 20th in Buxton since September 2025 in an ongoing battle against coastal erosion.
A departing coastal storm remained well offshore Tuesday but still managed to generate rough surf, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a High Surf Advisory.
The 20th home collapse in Buxton, North Carolina, along the Outer Banks since September 2025, highlighting the ongoing battle against coastal erosion.
The National Park Service (NPS) warned people to stay away from remaining debris early Wednesday.
"Due to public safety concerns, all beach access from the north end of Buxton through the lifeguarded beach is temporarily closed until park rangers can assess the area," the agency said in a statement.
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This is now the fifth home to collapse in Buxton this year and the 32nd home to fall into the ocean since 2020.
See it: Buxton oceanfront home at risk of collapse torn down
One of the several beachfront homes in danger of collapsing into the ocean due to beach erosion and rough surf was intentionally torn down on Monday. Since 2020, 31 beach homes have collapsed on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Rodanthe and Buxton.
A home on the seashore was torn down in May to save it from an inevitable collapse, and a series of collapses happened on Feb. 1 and 2 following a powerful nor'easter that slammed the Carolinas with blizzard-like conditions and powerful waves.
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Many of these homes were once hundreds of feet from the beach, but are now constantly exposed to the ocean.
According to the NPS, certain homes in the villages of Buxton and Rodanthe are in an intertidal zone – an area that is exposed during low tide, but partially covered by water during high tide.
Home collapses in Buxton, North Carolina amid powerful nor'easter.
(Daniel Pullen via Storyful / FOX Weather)
The 2025 hurricane season was particularly devastating for Buxton, even though no named storms made landfall in the U.S., as major hurricanes Erin, Humberto and Imelda caused significant beach damage.
WATCH: ENTIRE OCEANFRONT HOME MOVED AWAY FROM SHORE TO PRESERVE PROPERTY IN OUTER BANKS
Byrne was live in Buxton on Oct. 2, 2025, when a home collapsed immediately behind her; more than a dozen crumbled between September and October.
Many homes directly along the oceanfront are unoccupied after being deemed by federal and local officials to be unsafe.
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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According to Byrne, many of these properties are rentals, but some owners themselves are renting nearby accommodations while they work to shore up threatened homes or pay steep relocation costs.
Check back for updates on this developing story.