US: Unoccupied Homes in Buxton, NC Collapse Amid Rough Seas From Offshore Hurricanes 2

On Tuesday, September 30, at least five unoccupied oceanfront homes in Buxton, North Carolina, collapsed into the Atlantic due to rough surf driven by offshore hurricanes Humberto and Imelda. Another home fell the following morning, bringing the total to six this week and 18 on Hatteras Island since 2020. No injuries were reported, but authorities closed parts of Cape Hatteras National Seashore due to dangerous debris.

[Breaking News]U.S. envoy to Japan cleans beach

TSUSHIMA, Japan Kyodo - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel picks up plastic litter during a beach clean-up in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2023. (Kyodo)

U.S. envoy to Japan cleans beach

U.S. envoy to Japan cleans beach

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (front) picks up plastic litter during a beach clean-up in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2023.

U.S. envoy to Japan cleans beach

U.S. envoy to Japan cleans beach

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel picks up plastic litter during a beach clean-up in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 3, 2023.

INDONESIA-BALI-TRASH CLEANING

INDONESIA-BALI-TRASH CLEANING

(221230) -- BALI, Dec. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A volunteer wearing a costume of the Japanese fictional superhero Ultraman cleans trash with workers at Kuta Beach in Bali, Indonesia, Dec. 30, 2022. (Photo by Dicky Bisinglasi/Xinhua)

INDONESIA-BALI-TRASH CLEANING

INDONESIA-BALI-TRASH CLEANING

(221230) -- BALI, Dec. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A volunteer wearing a costume of the Japanese fictional superhero Ultraman cleans trash at Kuta Beach in Bali, Indonesia, Dec. 30, 2022. (Photo by Dicky Bisinglasi/Xinhua)