Seashore law enforcement rangers responded to a call reporting a house collapse at 23009 G A Kohler Court in Rodanthe.

Two neighboring homes collapsing within hours in Rodanthe has local officials urging visitors to avoid all beaches in town. Around 9:18 p.m., an unoccupied, one-story home on G A Kohler Court fell down and washed out into the ocean to mark the second home collapse of the day along the stretch of oceanfront homes.

The pilings of the red-doored cottage at 23009 GA Kohler Court were taken out by the collapse of the adjacent house at 23001 GA Kohler early Friday morning, National Park Service spokesman Michael