Another home claimed by sea in North Carolina as a coastal storm pounds in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean

RODANTHE, NC – A powerful coastal storm affecting the mid-Atlantic Ocean on friday caused another house on the North Carolina Outer Banks falling into the sea.

FOX Weather’s Robert Ray was stranded Friday morning after water from the Atlantic Ocean overtook a highway on the Outer Banks. Ray said the storm hit his hotel in Kill Devil Hills overnight.

“It sounded like a big, strong tropical storm was hitting the Outer Banks,” Ray said. “You could hear the building kind of making a banging noise and the water was hitting the glass and windows pretty hard. It felt like we were heading into the beginning of a hurricane.”

As Ray sought higher ground, he said his photographer was stationed Rodanthesaw the remains of another house that had collapsed.

According to Ray, this is the fifth house to fall into the ocean in Rodanthe this year. A number of others are about to do the same. More than ten houses have collapsed in the area for the past four years.

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A portion of State Highway 12, which connects the Outer Banks, was closed Friday due to flooding, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The National Park Service has done that too closed sections of beach along Cape Hatteras National Seashore due to dangerous conditions and dirt in the water.

Because of the threat from the north wind With winds exceeding 55 mph and dangerous seas, the National Weather Service has issued a Storm Watch for much of the coastal area. North Carolinawhich will be in effect from Thursday evening until at least Friday.

Expected rainfall amounts for cities such as Raleigh And Groenboro are expected to be relatively modest, about an inch or two, but coastal communities could experience significantly more, which, combined with higher seas, could lead to floods.

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“Mariners should prepare to remain in port, alter course and/or secure the vessel for severe conditions before conditions worsen,” NWS meteorologists warned boaters in the Carolinas.

Only slow improvements are expected through the weekend as the storm system moves generally eastward across the Atlantic Ocean.

Astronomical king tides are expected to keep water levels high for an extended period due to the full moon cycle.

King tides are created when the gravity of the Moon cause extreme water levels and only occur during the full moon or new moon cycles.

An area of high pressure Construction is expected to move across the region over the next week, which will help create calmer and clearer conditions.

Western North Carolina has seen its heaviest rain since Hurricane Helene

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