Overview
- A slow-moving nor'easter over the weekend produced repeated high tides and heavy rain that carved out about a half-mile of beach near Atlantic City's Steel Pier and steeply eroded dunes along the Jersey Shore.
- Atlantic City recorded its highest water levels since Hurricane Sandy, with tides more than three feet above normal at times that submerged streets and vehicles and forced urgent rescues and evacuations.
- New Jersey declared a state of emergency for eight counties and crews from the DEP, utilities, and beach patrols are conducting multi-day assessments of water-treatment plants, dams, roads, and damaged coastal infrastructure.
- Utilities reported lingering outages affecting hundreds to nearly a thousand customers, and the National Weather Service warned of continued minor to spotty moderate coastal flooding on upcoming high tides that could slow restorations.
- Cleanup and recovery will include smoothing drop-offs, rebuilding dunes and repairing beaches before the tourist season, and officials say erosion from this storm will have lasting effects on coastal access and local businesses.