On the Outer Banks, sand is a valuable resource. Millions of dollars every year go into making sure there’s enough sand in the dunes to keep infrastructure intact and slowdown shoreline erosion.
Dunes at the Outer Banks of North Carolina. (John Greim/Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) A 17-year-old has died after a sand dune collapsed on top of him in the Outer Banks in North Carolina, according to National Park Service officials. The teenage boy from Chesapeake, Virginia, had reportedly become trapped in a hole in a back-dune area of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Frisco, North Carolina, Saturday. The area is behind the primary dune and is not visible from the