Rodanthe has a number of homes located directly on the beach, some just feet from the water, and according to the NPS, this is the seventh in the area in four years to collapse.
According to The New York Times, sea levels in North Carolina have risen by about half a foot since 2000 as a result of climate change, and could rise another half a foot by 2050.
'We've been watching for that house to fall into the ocean for 20 years,' one person wrote on the platform X in response to a video of the home's collapse.
'Many private properties adjacent to the beach in Rodanthe, which previously contained backyard land, dunes, and dry sand, are either partially or fully covered with ocean water on a regular basis,' explained the NPS.
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