NPR had a story yesterday about the damage caused to beaches in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.  According to the story, “the U.S. Geological Survey has found that the storm washed over and damaged 15 percent of sand dunes on Florida’s Atlantic Coast, 30 percent along Georgia’s coastline and 42 percent of the dunes on South Carolina beaches.”  They’ve got some great before-and-after photos of damage to a few of the places.  I’m headed to Jekyll Island this morning for the Georgia Coastal Climate Conference (Prepare, Respond, and Adapt: Is Georgia Climate-ready?and am eager to see how the island looks after Matthew passed through.  You can read the NPR story here.

Photos taken before Hurricane Matthew (Sept. 6, 2014, above) and after (Oct. 13, 2016, below) show that the storm cut a new inlet between the Atlantic Ocean and the Matanzas River near St. Augustine, Fla., stripping away a 12-foot dune and carrying sand into the estuary. USGS via NPR
Photos taken before Hurricane Matthew (Sept. 6, 2014, above) and after (Oct. 13, 2016, below) show that the storm cut a new inlet between the Atlantic Ocean and the Matanzas River near St. Augustine, Fla., stripping away a 12-foot dune and carrying sand into the estuary.
USGS via NPR