Nine homes in the area have been lost to the ocean in the past four years because of rising seas and storms that erode shorelines.

Two more Outer Banks houses have collapsed within the same day in Rodanthe, North Carolina, the eighth and ninth to do so in the past four years.

No injuries were reported. The Cape Hatteras National Seashore urged visitors to avoid the beach and stay out of the water near the north end of Rodanthe. "Dangerous debris may be present on the beach and in the water to the north and south of the collapse site,