Onlookers can be heard screaming and repeating, 'Oh my god!' as the whole house drifts into the Atlantic Ocean.
A beach home was swept into the ocean on North Carolina’s Outer Banks Friday as Hurricane Ernesto brings hazardous conditions to East Coast beaches.Chicamacomico Banks Fire & Rescue shared video from bystanders that shows the Rodanthe beach home drifting into the surf as rough waves slam the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.Onlookers can be heard screaming and repeating, "Oh my god!"A second video shows debris strewn across the beach as people survey the damage.
North Carolina’s coast is almost entirely made up of narrow, low-lying barrier islands that are increasingly vulnerable to storm surges and to being washed over from both the bay and the sea as the planet warms. As sea levels rise, these islands typically move toward the mainland, frustrating efforts to hold properties in place.Hurricane Ernesto was slowly pulling away from Bermuda after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on the western side of the island early Saturday.
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