Big waves from hurricanes like Irene in 2011 or Superstorm Sandy last October or even nor’easters like one that lingered in Delaware last week erode shorelines and the beach and dunes. But it turns ...

Although Sandy’s worst wind and waves narrowly missed Delaware one year ago Tuesday, public and private losses still rose into the tens of millions. And many state residents are adjusting to the new ...

By the time Hurricane Sandy veered toward the Northeast coast ... At about 3:30 in the afternoon he went outside. Waves were crashing against the five-and-a-half-mile-long boardwalk.

Many surf zone fatalities occur when distant hurricanes send swells to shore that create dangerous conditions at the coast, ...

Hurricane Sandy destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes in New Jersey's most expensive natural disaster, many of which were in Monmouth and Ocean counties. Storm surge and high waves that ...

As well as their own destructive energy, the winds generate abnormally high waves and tidal ... inland flooding. This hurricane event, sometimes known as Superstorm Sandy, impacted eight countries ...

When a hurricane approaches the U.S., forecasts ... digs out channels in the sandy surface below the water. When waves wash in, the water flows out through the channels in strong currents that ...