Storm leaves seaside erosion on the Jersey shore – WPVI-TV

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Massive cliffs have been carved out on a number of seashores on the Jersey shore after the storm that drenched our space for a number of days.

The waves have taken a toll in North Wildwood.

“Sadly, the berm in entrance of the dunes is totally gone, so each excessive tide is washing proper into our dune system. At this location we misplaced over 50 ft of dune,” stated North Wildwood Mayor Patrick Rosenello on Wednesday.

Now the priority is for the subsequent coastal storm.

Rosenello contacted the state Division of Environmental Safety for assist since he says driving sand in from Wildwood is now not an choice due to the injury.

“That leaves actually our solely different to be a dredge offshore and that is one thing that we’d completely want the State of New Jersey, the NJ DEP to accomplice with us on,” stated Rosenello.

He says the state’s Workplace of Emergency Administration has been right down to assess the injury.

There are additionally plans to increase the metal bulkhead within the space of fifteenth Avenue for extra safety.

The storm has eaten away on the seashores up and down the coast.

Harvey Cedars on Lengthy Seashore Island has 10-foot cliffs the place seaside entrances was once.

Rehoboth Seashore in Delaware additionally took successful, and metropolis officers are asking individuals to avoid any wire and sharp particles whereas crews clear up.

Avalon has important seaside erosion from twelfth to twenty second streets.

There’s a deliberate seaside replenishment with the Military Corps of Engineers earlier than the summer time, but when one other storm comes, the borough might should act.

“Now we have an ongoing allow with the DEP to again move sand if we have to, so we might go to that,” stated Avalon Emergency Administration Coordinator Ed Dean. “The dune system is what affords safety for the island, and once we get to erosion like that, that is why it is so regarding as a result of we have to keep these dunes.”