Hurricane Ernesto may have been well out in the Atlantic Ocean, but it’s destructive path still managed to reach part of the east coast.
And for one North Carolina homeowner, Ernesto’s wrath took their home back to Mother Nature.
Stunning video footage showed an elevated beachfront home on the Outer Banks of North Carolina collapsed and was washed out to sea Friday by waves caused by Hurricane Ernesto.
The waves caused by the storm combining with high tides appeared to be too much for a home local officials claimed was already at risk of collapsing, according to The New York Times.
Rodanthe, the Cape Hatteras town where the single family house was located, is home to 200 people.
However, the report noted that the quaint beach town has reportedly seen seven homes washed away by the ocean in the past four years.
The jaw dropping video footage of the house’s collapse shows the tide rushing under the home’s pilings as it teeters above its foundation.
As the house falls into the ocean, one man in the video can be heard exclaiming, “Holy shit!” while another is heard saying, “Oh my God!” The sound of cracking and breaking wood is heard throughout the clip’s audio.
The house was reportedly unoccupied at the time of its collapse. No one was injured, nor were injuries reported in the other local house collapses over the past four years, according to the report citing the National Parks Service.
Check out the footage of the home’s collapse and subsequent wash out to sea:
JUST IN: Beachfront home falls into the Atlantic Ocean on North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
The incident was thanks to Hurricane Ernesto which is off the coast in the Atlantic.
The unfortunate owners purchased the 4 bed, 2 bath home in 2018 for $339,000.
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