The Navarre Beach Fire Rescue chief said it was a violent storm with lightning bolts popping off all around them as they ...

Homeowners, seemingly undeterred by the challenges of the beach, fight the shifting sands of ownership in Rodanthe.

People swim at South Pointe Beach on Wednesday ... has led to one of the most iconic (and common) types of home: the house on stilts. Miami-Dade, though not quite so vulnerable as the Keys ...

JENSEN BEACH, Fla. — Some homes in the Ocean Breeze Resort in Jensen Beach sit high above the Intracoastal Waterway, far from any threat of flooding. "My house isn't going to flood," Jane Tomlin ...

HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. — Hurricane Idalia ravaged ... all because they were built elevated on stilts. "This home is a survivor," Sparky Abrandt, 78, said Thursday as he surveyed the wrecked ...

This past summer, video of the Atlantic claiming yet another beach house in Rodanthe, just up the road from Hartshorne, went viral on Twitter. An unoccupied house on stilts in Rodanthe ...

It would be built on concrete caissons, similar to stilts commonly seen in East Coast coastal communities, to allow seawater to wash under the home, according to the plans submitted to the Coastal ...

With coastal property at a premium ... “A lot of people in Perth had the cheap little fibro houses up on stilts close to the ocean. They were delightful places, so stripped back they were ...