At least six North Carolina beach houses crumbled into the ocean Tuesday as Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda roared past the East Coast.

Five houses – all built on stilts – collapsed Tuesday in Buxton, the easternmost-elbow of the vulnerable Outer Banks.

Overnight, the sixth home fell and was destroyed. 4

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Nobody was hurt in the damage, and each of the homes were empty at the time, the National Park Service said.

Frightening footage captured one of the homes swaying on its stilts over the churning and overflown sea, before pieces began to fall from the structure and the home nosedived into the waves. 4

Another clipped captured a home dropping straight onto its foundation and into the incoming surf as it was torn apart.

A mess of wood and debris filled the foregrounds in e

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