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WATCH: Waves Again Pound Barrier Island Beaches

In Mantoloking and Brick the steel revetment wall is being tested again.

MANTOLOKING, NJ -- For the second time in two weeks, the steel revetment wall installed to protect Route 35 in Mantoloking and Brick Township is being tested by pounding waves from a winter storm.

Monday’s storm has resulted in a coastal flood advisory up and down the Jersey Shore, with flooding already reported in several spots, including streets in Point Pleasant Beach and up at Sandy Hook, where flooding on the road leading into Sandy Hook forced the Monmouth County Vocational School District to implement a delayed opening for the Marine Academy of Science and Technology because school buses could not reach the facility.

Video taken by Steven Erb on Monday morning shows the waves coming up to the steel wall, which has been exposed to a depth of 12 feet as a result of storms so far this season, including the Jan. 23-24 blizzard/nor’easter that caused significant erosion up and down the barrier island.

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The National Weather Service issued a coastal flood advisory Sunday evening, saying Ocean and Monmouth counties are at risk for moderate coastal flooding from 5 a.m. Monday through 1 p.m. Tuesday as back-to-back storms roll through the area.

The steel revetment wall is 40 feet high, so even with 12 feet exposed, more than half of it remains buried in the sand.

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In Seaside Heights, high tide brought the waves up near the boardwalk but did not flood. Live cameras on the boardwalk show the waves still rolling far up the beach as of 10 a.m.

Backbay areas that frequently flood are likely to see water as high tide approaches in those areas around 11:30 or noon.

(Photos by Steven Erb show waves hitting the steel revetment wall at high tide Monday morning. Photos he took Sunday show it exposed to a depth of 12 feet in the area where the ocean breached the barrier island during Superstorm Sandy.)


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