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Hurricane Sandy Leaves Beach Behind in OC

There’s a new small beach beside the Ocean City Inlet.

It’s a gift from Hurricane Sandy which swept up the Eastern Sea Board wreaking havoc in New Jersey and New York.

At low tide the beach stretched fifty yards and was 20-25 feet wide.

Ocean City’s engineer Terry McGean says that it is the product of a underwater river of sand migrating from north to south that’s called a littoral drift.

He expects the US Army Corp of Engineers will dredge the area.

Overtim, he he told the Salisbury Daily Times, that the beach will disappear because of erosion.

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Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.