The Outer Banks is one of North Carolina's most loved and enduring stretches of romantic coastal life. This chain of barrier islands is flanked by the Atlantic Ocean and separated from the mainland by ...

While millions watch videos of houses collapsing into the ocean, residents of NC’s Outer Banks look for ways to save a way of life.

As Outer Banks houses on stilts waver and collapse into the ocean – 15 have fallen since mid-September – it looks like climate change has reached a literal tipping point. But scientists say the ...

A North Carolina coastal storm sent a home into the ocean off the Outer Banks island of Hatteras overnight Friday, marking the sixth house collapse in the area this year. The unoccupied home was in ...

RODANTHE, N.C. — A ninth house has fallen into the ocean on the Outer Banks. This one fell in Rodanthe, instead of the past eight, which fell in Buxton. The ninth house collapsed shortly before 6 p.m.

BUXTON, N.C. — Cleanup has begun on the Outer Banks after eight beachfront homes in Buxton collapsed into the ocean this week. Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda both stayed well off the East Coast, but ...

Six unoccupied houses along North Carolina's Outer Banks collapsed into the ocean on Tuesday as Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda rumbled in the Atlantic, a spokesperson for the Buxton Civic Association ...

BUXTON, N.C. — Another unoccupied house at 46203 Tower Circle Road collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean overnight Tuesday, officials said, making it the sixth house to fall along the Outer Banks in the ...

Fifteen Outer Banks homes collapsed since mid-September, prompting retreat. Beach nourishment costs millions and only delays erosion, not permanent protection. Experts urge buyouts, insurance reform ...