WASHINGTON — As the D.C. area slowly gets back to normal after the storm, the Eastern Shore is cleaning up from what was essentially a nor’easter with high winds and rain flooding inlets and low-lying areas.
“We got a lot less snow. We only saw about 3 to 5 inches,” says spokeswoman for the Town of Ocean City Jessica Waters.
The storm brought high winds and heavy rain. The pier was one area left with damage.
“We did see similar damage during Hurricane Sandy where the eastern most part of the pier basically succame to the wind and tide,” she said.
The other issue along the beach is erosion. The Army Corps of Engineers has assessed the damage and is helping the town replenish the beach.
“The images that people were seeing on Facebook and Twitter of the inlet lot covered in water and our low-lying areas downtown, it’s very shocking,” Waters says.
Up the coast, other towns from Delaware to New Jersey didn’t fare as well.
This would be why a mandatory evac was ordered. Bayfront. Humvee. Still 2 hrs. until high tide. pic.twitter.com/u50MnHdwn4
— Barnegat Police (@Barnegat_PD) January 23, 2016
In New Jersey, Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin visited the Ortley Beach section of Toms River, the Holgate section of Long Beach Township, Stone Harbor and North Wildwood.
Many homes were flooded on North Wildwood’s west side. Cape May, Stone Harbor and Ocean City saw record flooding. Parts of a bulkhead were damaged along the South Inlet section of Atlantic City.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said the flooding wasn’t as bad as it could have been.
