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.

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,

Another Outer Banks beach house collapsed into the ocean Friday morning, the second home to be washed away in the village of Rodanthe in less than a month.

Cape Hatteras National Seashore said the unoccupied oceanfront home 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.

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.