Dare County Board of Commissioners Chairman Bob Woodard is scheduled to deliver a state of the county presentation in Buxton March 21, three days after making the same presentation to a full Kill Devil Hills audience.
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New interactive map shows Hatteras Island erosion over time
The map, Hatteras Island Erosion Drone Imagery, features side-by-side comparisons of aerial photos of Rodanthe and Buxton.
Dare County issued permit for Buxton beach nourishment
The Division of Coastal Management also sent a letter to the county affirming that proposed work to rebuild one of three groins near the former Cape Hatteras Lighthouse site does not require a CAMA permit.
Causey urges council to help Outer Banks as more homes fall
“There’s some angry people out there,” Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey told members of the Council of State Tuesday, referring to the four houses that fell into the ocean last weekend, a total of 31 homes since 2020, and calls to end the ban on beach hardening.
Buxton beach nourishment focus of community meeting
Dare County officials will be joined by representatives from the National Park Service – Outer Banks Group at a public meeting to provide general information about Buxton’s beach nourishment project scheduled for this year.
Coastal attractions to close ahead of winter storm
Popular attractions including Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial will remain closed through at least Monday morning.
Climate change compounds challenge to stabilize beaches
Stabilizing Outer Banks beaches is becoming more challenging with the quickly evolving and often unpredictable consequences of a changing climate: Sea levels are increasing faster than projected, storms are intensifying, rainfall is heavier.
Outer Banks senator pushes for state of emergency on NC 12
Sen. Bobby Hanig, R-Dare, has implored the governor’s office to declare a state of emergency for parts of N.C. 12 on Hatteras and Ocracoke after several weeks of what he calls “catastrophic shoreline collapse.”
Buxton strewn with debris amid government shutdown
Cape Hatteras National Seashore crews are conducting emergency, safety-focused cleanup operations and maintaining limited public access where possible as debris from five oceanfront homes swept into the surf Tuesday continues to cover the shoreline.
Update: 5 Buxton houses collapse into Atlantic Tuesday
Including the five houses that crumbled Tuesday, 15 houses in Buxton and Rodanthe have fallen since mid-September.
Dare sets final debris collection in Buxton for Wednesday
Dare County asks that the private contractors move the debris they’ve collected to the right-of-way along the east side of Old Lighthouse Road no later than Wednesday morning.
Another oceanfront house on Hatteras Island collapses
The 10th unoccupied oceanfront house to collapse in Buxton fell Saturday evening, bringing the total to 11 for the Outer Banks since Sept. 16.
Dare’s contractor to begin debris pickup this week in Buxton
Dare County’s debris removal contractor will begin collecting debris from the right-of-way at Old Lighthouse Road Wednesday, ahead of the bad weather forecast for this weekend.
Crews remove more than 140 truckloads of house debris
National Park Service crews, area organizations, and volunteers continue cleanup efforts along Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches after the collapse of eight oceanfront homes in Buxton and one in Rodanthe last week.
‘Messy situation’: Buxton beach closed after 8th house falls
The first home fell two weeks ago, but the spate of collapses this week has turned this Cape Hatteras National Seashore beach and the crashing surf into a hazardous, dynamic debris field.
Updated: 7th Buxton house collapses, officials advise caution
New: Another unoccupied house in Buxton collapsed Wednesday evening, bringing the total to seven this week, and the National Park Services warns visitors of potentially hazardous debris may spread for miles.
