After neighboring homes along the shore in Rodanthe collapsed within 24 hours of each other, the owner of a third home plans to remove it, if the tides allow.

After days of high surf driven by king tides and a coastal low, the home at 23001 G A Kohler Court collapsed on the morning of Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. Debris from the home washed into and damaged 23009 G A Kohler Court. It succumbed to the waves shortly after 9:15 p.m. that night.

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On Monday, Cape Hatteras National Seashore announced that the owners of a third home, 23039 G A Kohler Court, had hired a contractor to remove it, but continued elevated tides and other factors had delayed that work.

Property owners, contractors, Outer Banks visitors and seashore employees all pitched in to clean up debris that spanned more than 20 miles of beach south from the site of the homes' collapse. Through Monday, more than 24 pickup truck loads of debris had been removed.

Visitors were asked to stay out of the water and use caution when walking on the beach from Rodanthe south because of the risk from building materials, exposed septic systems, wires and broken concrete on the beach.

The collapses on G A Kohler Court mark the eighth and ninth homes lost to the waves over a four-year period, according to officials, and the third and fourth collapses in 2024.

Oceanfront homes at the Outer Banks have been at risk of collapse for years, particularly in Rodanthe, due to erosion.

One oceanfront homeowner in town told WRAL News "There was a football field of beach behind these houses" when they bought their house more than a decade ago.

In August, during Hurricane Ernesto, an unoccupied house collapsed and washed away on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Multiple other houses along the Outer Banks have fallen into the ocean since 2020.