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Retreat in Rodanthe: How erosion is upending life along 3 blocks in the NC Outer Banks
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 1 year agoEarly last year, a house crumbled into the sea in this small Outer Banks community, home to some of...
Hurricane Lee reminds NC’s Outer Banks of the risk posed by these Rodanthe homes
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAbout a dozen homes in quickly eroding Rodanthe sit on the ocean. At least five have collapsed...
National Park Service begins demolishing erosion-threatened Rodanthe beach homes
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAfter the sound of chainsaws cutting through stilts rang across the oceanfront Wednesday, the brief...
Study says buyout of threatened Outer Banks homes would be cheaper than beach nourishment
Star News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe inlet was coming. For more than 15 years, Mason Inlet had been marauding south, approaching the...
Shifting Sands: Carolina's Outer Banks Face a Precarious Future
Yale Environment 360 via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDespite the risks of building on barrier islands, developers kept constructing homes on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Now, as sea level rises and storms become more frequent and powerful, the ...