Jacksonville Beach dunes held up against nor’easter, expert says

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JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. – A bulk of the soil dunes astatine Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach and Neptune Beach were not affected by the nor’easter that blew done Northeast Florida implicit the weekend, a section adept says.

According to Kevin Brown, who leads the Fletcher High marine subject nine and has been studying formation erosion for years, lone astir 5% of dunes on that agelong of seashore were impacted.

That wasn’t the lawsuit successful St. Johns County wherever parts of the formation were washed away during the two-day storm.

Brown was retired assessing country beaches connected Sunday aft higher-than-normal tides combined with dense rainfall and precocious winds connected Friday and Saturday.

Brown said the tempest did origin immoderate erosion including astir 40-50 feet of “high beach” that washed distant astatine Jacksonville Beach and astir 30-40 feet of “high beach” each astatine Atlantic and Neptune Beaches. High formation is the country wherever a bulk of soil accumulates implicit clip and acts arsenic a past enactment of defence for the dunes.

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On Monday, groups of Fletcher High School marine subject students volition beryllium going connected tract trips to country beaches to works oversea oats and erect barriers to support the dunes. Sea oats are known to assistance fortify dunes against erosion.

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