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At least five homes suffered damage as coastal flooding affected North Carolina's Outer Banks on Tuesday, September 30, according to https://www.wral.com/news/state/buxton-homes-collapse-atlantic-ocean-september-2025/ local reports citing National Parks workers. https://www.wral.com/news/state/buxton-homes-collapse-atlantic-ocean-september-2025/ According to Cape Hatteras National Seashore, five unoccupied homes had collapsed in Buxton as of 3:30 pm on Tuesday afternoon. The state's Department of Transportation (NCDOT) announced it would be https://x.com/NCDOT_NC12/status/1973078532822536556 closing North Carolina Highway 12 (NC 12) 'on the north end of Ocracoke Island after the arrival of the last ferry from Hatteras' on Tuesday afternoon due to 'increasing ocean overwash.' Jenni Koontz told Storyful she took this footage showing flooding affecting Buxton oceanfront homes about two hours before high tide on Tuesday. As of Tuesday afternoon, https://newswire.storyful.com/collections/tropical-storm-imelda_7121 Imelda was a Category 1 hurricane approximately 690 miles (1,115 km) west-southwest of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h), according to the https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/301733.shtml National Hurricane Center. (Footage by Jenni Koontz/Epic Shutter Photography/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)