Why are we letting houses fall into the ocean?
In Dare County, North Carolina climate change, a bureaucratic mess and one of the wildest coastlines in America are combining to create a perverse spectacle. Since 2020, over 30 houses in this region have fallen into the Atlantic Ocean.
Featuring:
Colin Campbell, Capitol Bureau Chief and host of the WUNC Politics Podcast
Rebecca Hersher, correspondent at NPR
Links:
NPR: People's houses are collapsing into the ocean. FEMA gives them no other option.
WUNC News: Erosion help is on the way for Buxton's disappearing beach
Main Street NC
Cover image: A lone house out in the Atlantic Ocean dealing…
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