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In Rodanthe, N.C., 10 houses have fallen into the ocean since 2020 in an erosion-plagued stretch of the Outer Banks.
Like massive dominoes, the homes along one block of oceanfront in Rodanthe, N.C., keep tumbling into the sea.
The latest came early Tuesday afternoon when the ocean claimed an unoccupied house at 23039 G.A. Kohler Ct. It marked the third such home collapse since Friday on this erosion-plagued stretch of the Outer Banks — and the 10th home to fall since 2020.
“Unfortunately, it is all too common these days,” David Hallac, superintendent of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, told The Post on Friday after a nearby home on the same block had collapsed overnight.
That home caused damage to another house next door, which then plummeted into the ocean on Friday evening.
That chain reaction might soon repeat itself. In videos posted online, the home that fell into the ocean on Tuesday afternoon — which bore a sign that read “Front Row Seats” — appears to slam into a neighboring house that is also perched precariously in the Atlantic surf.
Rodanthe, home to some of the most rapid rates of erosion on the East Coast, has become a poster child in recent years for the perils of living along a vulnerable coastline, particularly in an age of more intense storms and rising seas.
Multiple homeowners in this small community have raced to relocate their homes farther from the shoreline, often at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Others have tried to move their homes further from the encroaching tides, only to run out of time…
