Cape Hatteras National Seashore are urging visitors to avoid a portion of the beach following the third home to collapse along the North Carolina coast in the O

A third home has collapsed along Cape Hatteras National Seashore, highlighting the ongoing threat of erosion and rising sea levels to North Carolina's Outer Banks.

No injuries were reported. The Cape Hatteras National Seashore urged visitors to avoid the beach and stay out of the water near the north end of Rodanthe. "Dangerous debris may be present on the beach and in the water to the north and south of the collapse site,

The collapse of the house at 23001 G A Kohler Court early Friday morning is the eighth house collapse in Rodanthe on Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches over the past four years, and the third thi

Officials say to stay out of the water near the north end of Rodanthe and potentially for miles to the south, due to an early morning collapse of an unoccupied house.

This week, with the presence of high surf and winds, another handful of houses are being monitored of potentially being swept away by the ocean.

Another house collapsed on the Outer Banks, prompting calls for people to avoid part of the North Carolina coast. Cape Hatteras National Seashore said the unoccupied house fell early Sept. 20 in Rodanthe, a roughly 215-mile drive southeast from Raleigh. The house is the eighth to collapse in the area during the past four years.

The unoccupied house in northern Rodanthe tumbled into the water in the early morning hours, damaging the house next door with debris, the National Park Service said.