This Nags Head Beachfront home was damaged in a previous
storm and is only waiting for the next storm to take it out to sea
The
mayor reported to the Dare County Shoreline Management Commission that
four large structures in the town, the Comfort Inn South, Diamond Shoals
condominiums, the Yachtsman condominiums and Bodie Island Resort were
in danger from beach erosion and another 100 private beachfront homes
were only a one storm away from being swept out to sea.
Rodanthe,
a small village on remote Hatteras Island has recently been losing large
new ocean front homes to rising seas and storms. Some homes that were
reported to be just a few years old by area residents have washed out
to sea, leaving residents bewildered and wondering how the home sites
even passed building inspections!
It was not just the famous home Serendipity or the immediate area that home formerly rested on but the entire oceanfront north of the pier is in a perilous situation. According to one area resident, the true tragedy is why these newer building permits were even issued by the county in the first place. Photos submitted by Ca Jones
It was not just the famous home Serendipity or the immediate area that home formerly rested on but the entire oceanfront north of the pier is in a perilous situation. According to one area resident, the true tragedy is why these newer building permits were even issued by the county in the first place. Photos submitted by Ca Jones
Photos submitted by Ca Jones
Hurricane
Isabel was the costliest and deadliest hurricane of the 2003 Atlantic
hurricane season. The storm made landfall on the Outer Banks of North
Carolina with winds of 105 mph on September 18, 2003 and almost destroyed
the Kitty Hawk beachfront
Condemnation
expected to follow after long legal battles
Maintaining
a static shoreline with beach nourishment is reported to be economically,
environmentally and oceanographically impossible with a 3-foot rise in
sea level.
The
worst of the 2006 Thanksgiving nor’easter that struck Kitty Hawk
and the Outer Banks on a Monday evening, moved out of the area around
noon by Wednesday. As the winds died down, clouds opened up to let the
first sunshine seen in days peek through. When Kitty Hawk residents left
their homes to survey the damage, they found flood waters and debris had
closed the Beach Road as well as many streets between the highways. Power
lines were dandling just about everywhere you looked. In Cape Hatteras
National Seashore, many of the park's beach boardwalks were washed away
and Park beaches suffered considerable beach erosion. Some of the worst
damage seemed to be concentrated around Nags Head where 2 buildings were
completely destroyed and another 55 were condemned as uninhabitable. see
pictures of the 2006 Thanksgiving Nor'Easter
Other
Recent Outer Banks Storms and
Videos of Outer Banks Beach Erosion
Videos of Outer Banks Beach Erosion
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