See it: 7 homes along North Carolina's Outer Banks collapse into Atlantic
Seven homes have now collapsed into the waves this week in Buxton, North Carolina, according to Cape Hatteras National Seashore – the most recent happening Wednesday night around 8 p.m.
6th home collapses along North Carolina Outer Banks in Buxton due to coastal erosion caused by Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda
New information Wednesday morning that a 6th home has collapsed along the Outer Banks in Buxton, North Carolina due to coastal flooding and erosion caused by Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda. FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne is on the scene with the latest.
BUXTON, N.C. – A drone video showed homes along North Carolina's Outer Banks collapsing into the Atlantic Ocean after massive waves kicked up by hurricanes Humberto and Imelda pounded the coast.
Seven homes have now collapsed into the waves this week in Buxton, North Carolina, according to Cape Hatteras National Seashore – the most recent happening Wednesday night around 8 p.m.
That's after at least five homes collapsed all within 45 minutes, starting about 2 p.m. Tuesday. A sixth home was destroyed by the water later that night, according to Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials.
No one has been injured during the collapses. FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne reported that the homes in the area were recently declared uninhabitable.
Watch: North Carolina homes collapse into Atlantic due to impacts of Hurricane Imelda
A drone video shared from Buxton, North Carolina, shows homes collapsing into the Atlantic due to the impacts of Hurricane Imelda on Sept. 30, 2025.
Including this most recent spate of collapses, the National Seashore said 19 privately-owned houses have collapsed on Seashore beaches since 2020, the result of an ongoing battle with coastal erosion.
The drone video recorded by Jenni Koontz of Epic Shutter Photography showed two of the seven homes collapsing into the water, crashing into other properties and littering the beach with debris.
"It was insane. It sounded like bombs going off," local resident Hunter Hicks told Byrne. "Windows were cracking. Pylons were cracking. Houses were just washing all the way down the ocean. It's pretty bad here right now."
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Home collapses in Buxton, North Carolina, on Sept. 30, 2025.
(Cape Hatteras National Seashore / FOX Weather)
Three of the homes that collapsed Tuesday afternoon were neighbors on Cottage Avenue in Buxton, while two other neighboring homes fell on nearby Tower Circle Road. The two additional homes that collapsed Tuesday night and Wednesday night were also on Tower Circle Road.
"I don't know how this is going to be cleaned up very quickly. There's a lot of debris," Koontz said. "I think we're just getting started. I think the rest of the week is going to be just as intense, if not more. We're going to have more houses falling in for sure."
Both Humberto and Imelda have been swirling across the Atlantic, kicking up powerful waves that have been slamming coastal communities in the Bahamas, Bermuda and the entire U.S. East Coast over the past several days.