Rodanthe

Six houses have collapsed into the waves at Rodanthe this year, and 11 in the past four years. With much of the buffering beach and dunes eaten away by erosion, more are poised to fall in any time. The question is becoming not how to save such houses, but rather how to remove them before they collapse.

U.S. National Park Service officials say an unoccupied house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina's Outer Banks. Tuesday's collapse was the sixth along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in the past four years.

National Park Service deconstructed two threatened homes to avoid future oceanside collapses.

Officials delayed the opening in June because pavement markings which had been installed did not meet department specifications for quality or reflectivity. The new bridge bypasses a section of N.C. 12 that is extremely vulnerable to ocean overwash.

Pavement markings are the last step in completion of the 2.4-mile bridge.

The $154 million bridge will take North Carolina Highway 12 over Pamlico Sound, bypassing the south end of the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge and part of the road that’s often washed over by the ocean during storms.

Jason Heilig stood in the doorway of Rodanthe Surf Shop on Hatteras Island on Monday.No customers picked through the board shorts or tried on sunglasses.…

As you stroll out toward the end of the Rodanthe Fishing Pier, it is impossible not to notice that it’s not entirely straight.It goes a little bit up. It…

The N.C. Department of Transportation has been planning to put a bridge at Rodanthe for some time. N.C. 12 is particularly susceptible to storm water…

North Carolina Department of Transportation officials are working on permanent fixes for last year's damage from Hurricane Irene on the Outer Banks. Two…