Oct 2, 2007 6:29 pm US/Eastern
High Winds & Rain Leave Behind Beach Erosion
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BROWARD COUNTY (CBS4) ―
The whipping winds and heavy rains from this weekend's storms took their toll on South Florida beaches.
More than three inches of rain fell in parts of Miami-Dade County, which caused minor beach erosion.
On Tuesday at Fort Lauderdale beach workers were putting back what the forces of nature blew away.
"I Can see there's a lot of sand on the roads and is very windy," a tourist told
CBS4's Joan Murray.
It was a different story farther to the north where erosion was much worse in Broward and Palm Beach Counties.
"They're exposed to larger waves because we're more or less sheltered by the Bahamas banks," said Stephen Higgins a beach erosion expert.
In Boca Raton, normally buried rocks now just above the sand and coastal homes are taking a pounding.
The wind blew sand all over the roads and sidewalks along State Road A1A and in Palm Beach County, the high wind and rough surf left some beaches severely eroded, especially those north of West Palm Beach.
"There's absolutely no beach left," said a beach lover.
In Jupiter and Singer Island, the sand was eroded up to the side of beachfront buildings and a lifeguard station in Delray Beach was destroyed. Three more in the county are in danger of collapsing into the ocean.
"That's part of nature," said Ricardo Matus who was visiting Broward from Chile. "It's been that way for a million years."
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