Nine homes in the area have been lost to the ocean in the past four years because of rising seas and storms that erode shorelines.

Eight homes have fallen into the ocean in Rodanthe, N.C., since 2020, and more in the Outer Banks remain vulnerable to higher tides and looming storms.

Two more Outer Banks houses have collapsed within the same day in Rodanthe, North Carolina, the eighth and ninth to do so in the past four years.