RODANTHE, NC – A strong coastal storm pounding towards middle of the Atlantic on Friday caused another home on North Carolina Outer Banks to fall into the sea.

FOX Weather’s Robert Ray was stranded after Atlantic waters overturned a highway on the Outer Banks Friday morning. Ray said the storm pounded his hotel in Kill Devil Hills overnight.

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

While Ray sought higher ground, he said his photographer, stationed in the Rodanthesaw the remains of another home that had collapsed.

This is the fifth house this year to fall into the sea in Rodanthe, according to Ray. Several are about to do the same. More than 10 homes have collapsed in the area over the past four years.

Fourth home collapses in surf along North Carolina’s Outer Banks this year

According to the North Carolina Department of Transportation, a portion of State Highway 12, which connects the Outer Banks, was closed Friday due to flooding. The National Park Service has too closed sections of beach along Cape Hatteras National Seashore due to hazardous conditions and debris in the water.

Because of the threat from northern winds With wind gusts up to 85 mph and dangerous seas, the National Weather Service has issued a Storm Watch for much of the coast North Carolinawhich will apply from Thursday evening until at least Friday.

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

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

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

Astronomical king tide expected to keep water levels elevated for an extended period due to the cycle of the full moon.

King tides occur when the gravitational forces of The moon cause extreme water levels and only occur during full moon or new moon cycles.

An area of high pressure is expected to build over the region in the coming week, which will contribute to calmer and clearer conditions.

Western North Carolina has the heaviest rain since Hurricane Helene

Original article source: Another home has been claimed by the ocean in North Carolina as the coastal storm ends up in the mid-Atlantic