A 30 million rupee house on the Outer Banks coast of North Carolina collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean on August 16th during Hurricane Ernesto. A viral video shows the 1973-built house at 23214 Corvina Drive in Rodanthe collapsing in an instant before being seen floating away as strong waves wash over the shore.
X user Collin Rugg shared the video, writing, “A beachfront home on the Outer Banks of North Carolina has fallen into the Atlantic Ocean. The incident was caused by Hurricane Ernesto off the Atlantic coast. The unfortunate owners purchased the four bedroom, two bathroom home in 2018 for $339,000. The home was built in 1973.”
Watch the viral video here:
BREAKING: A beachfront home on North Carolina's Outer Banks is sinking into the Atlantic Ocean.
The incident was caused by Hurricane Ernesto off the Atlantic coast.
The unfortunate owners purchased the four-bedroom, two-bathroom home in 2018 for $339,000.
This house was built in… pic.twitter.com/MvkQuXz5SG
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 17, 2024
The video has been viewed over 14 million times and has garnered a variety of reactions, with one user writing, “Seems like a stupid decision to build that house in the first place,” while another commented, “The Outer Banks was once a forested area that protected the interior. This is what happens when you remove that protective barrier.”
“It's called a 'barrier island' for a reason. It would be crazy to build there. A barrier island is supposed to ebb and flow with storms,” a third user responded.
The Virginian-Pilot, a local website, reported that the Corvina Drive home was the seventh beachfront home to collapse into the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in the past four years, citing the National Park Service, which also said it was “one of several homes damaged by rough sea conditions in the area.”
