An Outer Banks town is falling into the ocean. Can Rodanthe

Ralph Patricelli bought his oceanfront home in Rodanthe in September 2021 knowing it was on borrowed time. Other beachfront homes in the neighborhood had already fallen into the Atlantic Ocean, victims of years of erosion and constant storms sweeping Hatteras Island. Patricelli knew eventually, he’d have to move his second home back from the ocean. “I felt like the house had been there since the ...

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