This report has been updated to include information on the Thursday meeting.
Officials with the Cape Hatteras National Seashore urge visitors to avoid the beach and stay out of the water near Buxton where another house has fallen into the surf.
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The unoccupied house at 46227 Tower Circle Road in Buxton collapsed about 4 p.m. Tuesday, according to a Hatteras Island resident.
It was the 12th house collapse on National Seashore beaches over the past five years.
A preexisting beach safety closure from the north end of Buxton to around off-road vehicle ramp 43 may need to be expanded, depending on the extent of the debris field, officials said.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials in a release urged visitors to avoid walking on the beach at the north ends of Radanthe and Buxton, “due to the potential for partial or full house collapses.”
The warning was issued Monday as a low-pressure weather system moving toward the area was expected to produce some oceanside and soundside coastal flooding, moderate to strong winds, heavy rain and minoring flooding, and dangerous surf conditions.
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“Many threatened oceanfront structures have been damaged over the last several weeks in Rodanthe and Buxton,” the release states.
Beach drivers are advised to use caution on ocean-side off-road vehicle routes as well.
Dare County is hosting a public meeting Thursday on the problem of threatened oceanfront homes from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Coastal Studies Institute on the East Carolina University Outer Banks Campus in Wanchese and online for those who register in advance.
