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Sep 26, 2008 1:13 pm US/Eastern

Ft. Lauderdale Crews Shovel Sand Back To The Beach

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FT. LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ― Workers used heavy-duty construction vehicles such as backhoes, street sweepers on Friday morning to push sand back over a retaining wall after high tide pushed it onto a stretch of A1A in Fort Lauderdale.

The right northbound lane was shut down for at least a mile so that street sweepers could clean up whatever sand was left behind.

"I've lived here 43 years," Dave Spaulding told CBS4 Reporter Liv Davalos, "and only during hurricanes did we ever see it wash up like this. This looks like high tide and a couple of storms coming."

On Thursday afternoon, high tide just north of Sunrise Boulevard pushed the sand over the  small wall and onto A1A.

The rough surf pounded the beach with so much strength it nearly toppled several lifeguard stands.

The gusty winds along with five-foot waves was attributed to a system off the Carolina coast, affecting Palm Beach, Broward County and even as far south as Miami Beach, where some streets were flooded Friday morning.

Traffic slowed near Alton Road and Michigan Avenue as morning commuters tried to make their way through the mess.

Back in Ft. Lauderdale, it took nearly six hours to get all the sand off the road and back onto the narrow stretch of beach.

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