The external groups of hurricane Erin have torn parts of the jersey coast, causing a “significant” beach erosion in several cities when they are heading for one of the last major beach weekends of the summer, local officials said.
The mayors in several coastal cities said they were evaluating the damage on Friday caused by the rough surf of the hurricane and floods.
Although the storm remained hundreds of kilometers at sea, the hurricane Erin caused huge waves and powerful sea jumps on the jersey shore, contributing to floods during low tide.
In Cape May County, the mayor of the Upper Town of Curtis Corson said the city’s beaches have considerable erosion on Thursday night. Until the dunes were disturbed, Corson said they were eroded.
“There is no beach in the north end of the city,” Corson said, citing high levels of water at the base of the dunes on Friday morning.
“There is no way to access and there is no way to guard the eroded beach,” he added.
Avalon Mayor John McCoristin said the city has lost up to 40 feet of space from the water line on its beaches, which have already been significantly eroded since recent time. Although the dune system remains intact, the north end of the beach has suffered the most damage.
Several cars and golf carts parked on the streets were probably under water, but the mayor said he did not expect additional significant damage to the property in Avalon.
Cape May Mayor Zahari Mulok said the city had a very high tide, all the way to the dunes, but he was “pleasantly surprised” by the low level of erosion.
The city was “very lucky” and did not experience much damage, Mulok said.
“If we did not fill the beach in Cape May, this water would have been on our streets for sure,” Mulok said.
It is stated that the beach is almost a day after the hurricane Erin in North Wildood on Friday, August 22, 2025.
In Ocean County, Mayor William Curtis said the beach suffered a lot of damage on Thursday night. The fences of the dunes were demolished from the high tide and crashed waves.
Curtis said he was “very disappointed” that so much sand was lost, shortening the beach, although the area finished completing a project last month.
Several cities south in Seaside Heights, Mayor Tony Vaz said the beaches had almost no floods and very insignificant erosion.
In the Atlantic, the beaches of the Atlantic city of North are battered by the storm, losing large quantities of sand added to a $ 40 million filling project. Work replaced about 1.2 million cubic yards of sand lost by out -season storms last year.
The beach patrol is still re -evaluating the situation on Friday, said Atlantic City spokesman Andrew Kramer.
“As for erosion, the city will contact the federal government to see how they can help,” Kramer said.
Northwood Mayor Patrick Roseno said city officials have noticed a loss of sand because of the storm in Cape May City County.
“We definitely lost in places, but it seems that we also won in places,” Rownello said, adding that “not unusual” for big storms.
The mayor estimated some sandy rocks on the beach varies from 2 to 3 feet.
“You have these measures to protect the shore, whether they are sea walls, barriers and, of course, dunes, and … they soften the damage from these storms,” Rownello said. “These shore protection measures again and again prove their value.”
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