Buxton, United States of America. 29 April, 2026. Beach front homes stand in water along the Atlantic Ocean on the verge of collapsing from erosion and rising seas along Tower Circle Road on the North Carolina Outer Banks, September 16, 2025 in Buxton, North Carolina. Credit: NPS/National Park Service/Alamy Live News

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