National Park Service employees, local residents, visitors, fishermen, and members of the North Carolina Beach Buggy Association joined forces Wednesday to clear the shoreline of debris from the house that collapsed Tuesday.
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Buxton oceanfront house collapses Tuesday, 5th this year
Potentially hazardous debris from the fallen house has scattered in the surf and officials urge the public to avoid the beach from Buxton south to the Cape Point area.
Final federal permit clears way for Buxton groin repair project
By receiving the Army Corps permit this week, Dare County has cleared the final regulatory hurdle for the project to repair the southernmost of Buxton’s three groins.
Corps crews set to wrap up cleanup at Buxton FUDS site
Army Corps of Engineers officials say that by the end of May, seven months of work to remove tons of petroleum-contaminated soil, water and debris from the beach next to the original site of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is expected to be complete.
National Park Service advises caution on east-facing beaches
Cape Hatteras National Seashore issued an advisory late afternoon Tuesday that the potential strong wind and waves forecast for the next few days could cause the partial or full collapse of one or more threatened oceanfront structures in Buxton and Rodanthe.
Dare chairman to deliver state of the county later this month
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.
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.
