Outer Banks beachfront homes vulnerable to collapse from rapidly intensifying nor’easter slamming Carolinas

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Intense near-hurricane spot winds from a rapidly strengthening nor'easter processing disconnected the Southeastern seashore of the U.S. are expected to airs a hazard to susceptible beach homes astatine the brink of illness on North Carolina's Outer Banks. 

As an country of debased unit strengthens disconnected the seashore of the Southeast, dense snow and gusty winds volition beryllium a occupation each on the region. 

NOR'EASTER SLAMS CAROLINAS, VIRGINIA WITH SNOW AS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS, VICIOUS WINDS LOOM AS STORM INTENSIFIES

A photograph  shows snowfall  falling connected  the beaches of Rodanthe, North Carolina connected  Jan. 31, 2026 arsenic  a almighty  nor'easter brews disconnected  the Southeastern coast.

A photograph shows snowfall falling connected the beaches of Rodanthe, North Carolina connected Jan. 31, 2026 arsenic a almighty nor'easter brews disconnected the Southeastern coast. 

(FOX Weather Storm Tracker Mark Sudduth / FOX Weather)

One of the main concerns, speech from the snowfall and wind, is the interaction connected coastal areas. 

Since 2020, 27 privately owned North Carolina formation homes person collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean. 

  • Home collapses successful  North Carolina

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    Home collapses successful Buxton, N.C. connected Sept. 30, 2025.  (Cape Hatteras National Seashore )

  • Home collapses successful  Rodanthe, N.C.

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    Home collapses successful Rodanthe, N.C. successful dense surf connected Oct. 3, 2025. (Cape Hatteras National Seashore)

  • Homes illness  successful  Buxton, N.C.

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    Homes illness successful Buxton, N.C. ( )

  • Homes illness  successful  Buxton, N.C.

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    Homes illness successful Buxton, N.C. ( )

  • Home collapses successful  North Carolina

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    Home collapses successful Buxton, N.C. connected Sept. 30, 2025.  (Cape Hatteras National Seashore )

  • A greenish  location   remains lasting  aft  a location  collapsed into it connected  Thursday successful  Buxton.

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    A greenish location remains lasting aft a location collapsed into it connected Thursday successful Buxton.  (Katie Byrne)

  • A fewer  homes basal   successful  the inheritance  of a heap  of debris from collapsed homes successful  Buxton.

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    A fewer homes basal successful the inheritance of a heap of debris from collapsed homes successful Buxton.  (Katie Byrne)

  • This representation  comes from unrecorded  video from Buxton, North Carolina, showing a location  connected  the verge of collapsing into the Atlantic arsenic  a almighty  nor'easter lashes the seashore  connected  Oct. 12, 2025.

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    This representation comes from unrecorded video from Buxton, North Carolina, showing a location connected the verge of collapsing into the Atlantic arsenic a almighty nor'easter lashes the seashore connected Oct. 12, 2025. (FOX Weather Exclusive Storm Tracker Mark Sudduth)

However, 16 of those collapses occurred successful Rodanthe and Buxton, North Carolina from September to October 2025. 

FOX Weather was connected the crushed successful Buxton connected Oct. 2, 2025 pursuing a bid of location collapses successful precocious September and aboriginal October. 

WATCH: 8TH NORTH CAROLINA BEACH HOUSE TO COLLAPSE CAUGHT LIVE ON FOX WEATHER

Correspondent Katie Byrne was preparing for a unrecorded study connected the formation erstwhile a location she had been intimately monitoring began cracking and creaking down her, earlier swaying guardant and collapsing successful the water, caught connected video. 

Video showed the location smacking into different 1 susceptible to illness instantly adjacent to it. 

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FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne reacts to different  location  falling into the water  successful  Buxton, North Carolina. This is the 8th location  to illness  successful  conscionable  a fewer  days.

FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne reacts to different location falling into the water successful Buxton, North Carolina. This is the 8th location to illness successful conscionable a fewer days. 

(FOX Weather)

With this nor'easter storm, determination is increasing interest that the operation of 60–70 mph onshore upwind gusts, precocious water surf and important formation erosion could pb to scenes reminiscent of the ones above, including the imaginable nonaccomplishment of further homes.

FOX Weather volition proceed to intimately travel conditions on the beaches arsenic the nor'easter strengthens passim the weekend. 

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