DARE COUNTY, N.C. (WAVY) — Dare County officials are looking for the best way to help fund a beach nourishment project for Rodanthe, where several homes collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean last year.

Homeowners, seemingly undeterred by the challenges of the beach, fight the shifting sands of ownership in Rodanthe.

Those living in Rodanthe have sought to use beach nourishment to address the rapidly eroding shoreline, but the proposed solution faces high costs and would only temporarily fix the problem before ...

The North Carolina coast stretches along 320 miles of the Atlantic Ocean. Every mile is shifting in some way or another.

Rodanthe has an erosion rate greater than 15 feet per year, according to a May 2023 study presented to Dare County leaders. A beach renourishment program is a potential solution, but it means ...

DARE COUNTY, N.C. — Dare County leaders were informed earlier this month that they had not received a grant from FEMA for beach nourishment in Rodanthe. "We're trying to get with them and say ...

Outten estimates for a place like Rodanthe, there would have to be beach nourishment every five years or so. For now, Rodanthe’s residents are left to watch and wait as the ocean creeps closer ...

Foreman and his family understood that their house might be in danger in the future, but the hope was that Dare County might fund a beach nourishment project for Rodanthe. "We weren't completely ...

A house in Rodanthe, North Carolina fell into the ... with pricey solutions such as relocating homes away from the shoreline and beach nourishment. As previously reported by 13News Now, the ...

By nourishment, he means rebuilding a beach ... This past summer, FEMA denied a county request for $40 million to rebuild the beach at Rodanthe. Maintaining that rebuilt beach was estimated ...