BUXTON, N.C. — The massive cleanup process continues in Buxton after last week's eight homes collapsed into the ocean.

The Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Dare County and private contractors have all been hard at work getting debris off the oceanfront, and local organizations like the Cape Hatteras United Methodist Men and the North Carolina Beach Buggy Association have also stepped up to help.

"It's a shock. I think I speak for myself, it was crazy seeing all these homes go in all of a sudden and seeing so many," said Joe Diemer, director of the Cape Hatteras United Methodist Men, an organization that has been providing humanitarian aid to Hatteras Island since the 1970s.

Dare County Commissioners chairman Bob Woodard revealed Monday that the total value of all nine homes was nearly $

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