St. Johns, Flagler County still feeling effects of nor’easter

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The past weekend’s nor’easter washed distant a important magnitude of formation successful St. Johns County. The upwind and rains made it hard for boaters docked successful marinas and successful St. Augustine. One antheral told News4Jax helium mislaid everything successful the storm.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – The past weekend’s nor’easter washed distant a important magnitude of formation successful St. Johns County.

The upwind and rains made it hard for boaters docked successful marinas and successful St. Augustine. One antheral told News4Jax helium mislaid everything successful the storm.

Casey Kienel said his sailboat got escaped and crashed into the seawall adjacent the Bridge of Lions -- wherever it remains today.

“I bought this vessel astir 10 days ago,” Kienel told News4Jax. “It seemed similar an affordable accidental to anchor the boat, instrumentality attraction of my father, instrumentality attraction of myself and enactment wealth into my startup that I’ve been moving connected for respective years.”

Gallery: Photos amusement erosion, harm to St. Johns County oceanfront homes

The vessel present sits waterlogged. Kienel said helium has to get it removed oregon wage thousands successful fines. He’s acceptable up a GoFundMe account to effort and rise money.

Further up the coast, the tempest eroded already susceptible dunes.

“We’ve astir apt mislaid 25 feet of sand,” Elaine Ashourian, a Ponte Vedra Beach resident, said.

Crews continued enactment to replenish mislaid dunes successful southbound Ponte Vedra Beach connected Monday.

Ashourian said the beaches further northbound request a renourishment programme arsenic well.

State Representative Cyndi Stevenson, who utilized to service arsenic St. Johns County Commissioner, said she is besides struck by the destabilization of Ponte Vedra Beach successful caller years.

“It’s truly unfortunate to spot that we’ve mislaid truthful overmuch conscionable with this 1 nor’easter,” Stevenson said.

She said the authorities is studying however to code the issue.

St. Johns County Emergency Management officials are assessing the harm from the nor’easter on each 42 miles of its coasts.

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