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South Nags Head damage after Hurricane Dennis

By Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program 1999 (approx.)
Photo of houses on a beach that have been damaged by a hurricane, with crumbling cement slabs on the sand.
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Parking areas, septic systems, and foundations in South Nags Head, North Carolina, collapsed when the underlying dune was eroded during the September 1999 landfall of Hurricane Dennis. Figure 1 from USGS Open-File Report 2013–1130.

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Public Domain.