Sand dunes and dry sand once surrounded the homes that were built on stilts and that are now close to the water’s edge. Two homes in the Outer Banks of North Carolina collapsed into the ocean ...

Wind speeds are over 50 mph on many days. Some of the homes in the area are built on stilts high enough to cope with even large waves; however, the ocean erodes the stilts over time.

The Atlantic Ocean claimed another house last month ... a short clip circulated of one such house on stilts suddenly kneeling ... over $124 million was spent in 2022 alone on beach ...

The first house that collapsed at the Outer Banks was located at 23001 G A Kohler Court in Rodanthe, North Carolina. Multiple stilt houses have collapsed this year.

Jeff Huddleston bought Mermaid’s Song on South Shore Drive for just over $700,000, knowing he would have to immediately undertake the expense of moving the 3,500-square-foot home so the ocean ...

Under the county plan, a home on small ocean front lots could be elevated on piles or stilts as they are rebuilt over time. That work would start a transition away from sea walls.

RODANTHE, N.C. — A Rodanthe home nicknamed "Mermaids Song" is the fourth house that Sam Hagedon, a licensed North Carolina contractor, has moved away from the ocean over the years and he knows ...

Move over Maldives! Luxurious villas on stilts may be synonymous with the Indian Ocean, but now they've surfaced in resorts across the world - from Greece to the Caribbean.

Another stilt house collapses into the ocean, Outer Banks officials say Swimmers are warned to avoid the surrounding water as debris is likely present. To stream WLTX 19 on your phone, you need ...