Barry Crum moves homes on Hatteras Island to escape severe coastal erosion

6 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Apr 29

Since September, 19 homes have been lost to waves, with more than a dozen now being relocated or raised by Crum’s team in Buxton, North Carolina.
Homeowners are paying up to $300,000 per move as entire houses are shifted hundreds of feet inland to avoid destruction, following a dramatic increase in coastal erosion and house collapses.
Experts warn that Hatteras Island’s situation, driven by rising sea levels and natural shoreline shifts, foreshadows challenges for other US east coast communities, with temporary engineering solutions offering only short-term relief.

Is relocating the entire Hatteras community the only realistic long-term solution to rising seas?

What lessons can Hatteras learn from California's complex and lengthy home buyout programs?

Could new engineering breakthroughs save the Outer Banks, or is retreat the only answer?

Are taxpayer-funded buyouts a smarter investment than repeatedly rebuilding North Carolina's beaches?

What toxic pollution is left behind when a home collapses into the Atlantic Ocean?

Is federal flood insurance unintentionally trapping homeowners in areas doomed to disappear?