Coastal Erosion Continues in Winter Storms Aftermath
Herring Creek Road collapsed and Atlantic Drive remained closed to vehicles.
Herring Creek Road collapsed and Atlantic Drive remained closed to vehicles.
Sand piled high to attempt to stop the saltwater surge.
Sand piled high to attempt to stop the saltwater surge.
Damaged dunes due to overflow at Katama.
Damaged dunes due to overflow at Katama.
Norton Point.
Norton Point.
Relentless and powerful waves damage the changing station at South Beach.
Relentless and powerful waves damage the changing station at South Beach.
WHOI's weather station was removed for repairs.
WHOI's weather station was removed for repairs.
South Beach erosion.
South Beach erosion.
Non-stop waves assaulted the south shore for the third time this month.
Non-stop waves assaulted the south shore for the third time this month.
Islanders explore the aftermath at Lucy Vincent Beach.
Islanders explore the aftermath at Lucy Vincent Beach.
Clay cliffs have new formations post storm.
Clay cliffs have new formations post storm.
After another ferocious winter storm this weekend, the fragility of the Island’s coastline — and the sheer, sublime power of the process — were on full display, as high tides and storm surge turned Edgartown’s Left Fork parking lot at South Beach into a pond, tearing up roads, and pulling down the clay cliffs at Lucy Vincent Beach, all while silt and sediment disappeared into the ocean.