Overview

• Drone video Saturday shows precarious Buxton beach houses taking relentless surf, with concerns focused on upcoming high tide cycles.
• Contractors are sistering pilings and driving 8-inch wooden piles roughly 12 feet into dense sand to stabilize threatened structures.
• Crews report narrow tidal work windows and incoming debris that complicate efforts to shore up foundations before the next tide.
• Nine oceanfront houses have collapsed in recent weeks, eight in Buxton and one in Rodanthe, following repeated storm-driven erosion.
• Dare County plans jetty repairs and a Buxton beach nourishment project for 2026, and local leaders are advocating changes to the state’s no hardened structures rule.