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Four people in uniform offload a truck full of wooden debris.

Cape Hatteras National Seashore provides update on cleanup efforts following September house collapses

2024-09-26

Following the recent collapses of three unoccupied houses on G.A. Kohler Court in Rodanthe, Cape Hatteras National Seashore employees and a contractor have worked together to clean approximately 20 miles of beach.

Debris on the beach and in the water in front of a house on pilings in the ocean.

Third house collapses on G A Kohler Court in Rodanthe

2024-09-24

Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) law enforcement rangers responded today to a 1:08 p.m. Dare County dispatch call regarding a house collapse at 23039 G A Kohler Court in Rodanthe. Once on scene, rangers confirmed the collapse of the unoccupied house. The owner of the house has hired a debris cleanup contractor and Seashore employees plan on supplementing cleanup efforts.

Image of a National Park Service ranger cutting a house piling on the beach.

Cape Hatteras National Seashore provides update on September 20 house collapse cleanup efforts

2024-09-23

Following the September 20 collapse of two houses on G A Kohler Court in Rodanthe, Cape Hatteras National Seashore employees have supplemented contractor cleanup efforts. Additionally, the owner of 23001 G A Kohler Court, some of his family and many visitors and community members have significantly contributed to the cleanup.

Photo of 23009 G A Kohler Court, Rodanthe

Cape Hatteras National Seashore announces second house collapse on G A Kohler Court in Rodanthe

2024-09-21

At 9:18 p.m. September 20, Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) received a Dare County dispatch call regarding a house collapse at 23009 G A Kohler Court in Rodanthe, North Carolina. Seashore law enforcement rangers arrived on scene and confirmed that the unoccupied, one-story house—the same house that sustained damages as a result of the first house collapse of the day—had collapsed and apparently washed out into the ocean before the bulk of it returned to the beach at the south end of G A Kohler Court.

Photo taken during nighttime hours showing house collapse debris.

Cape Hatteras National Seashore urges visitors to avoid the beach near an unoccupied house collapse in Rodanthe

2024-09-20

Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) is urging its visitors to avoid the beach and stay out of the water near the north end of Rodanthe and potentially for miles to the south, due to an early morning collapse of an unoccupied house at 23001 G A Kohler Court in Rodanthe, North Carolina. Additionally, the Seashore is monitoring an adjacent house that sustained damages because of the house collapse. Dangerous debris may be present on the beach and in the water to the north and south of the collapse site, which will likely lead to temporary beach closures for public safety.