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In Ocean County, located north of Atlantic County, damage was severest in the eastern portion of the county, including Long Beach Island, the Barnegat Peninsula, and along the Barnegat Bay. Damage in the county was worst along the Barnegat Peninsula, with parts of Seaside Park inundated by 4.4 ft (1.3 m) of floodwaters.
At Great Gull Island in the Long Island Sound, sustained winds reached 75 mph (121 km/h) while Sandy was still a tropical cyclone. Wind gusts reached 95 mph (153 km/h) at Eatons Neck along the northern coast of Long Island. [5] Hurricane-force gusts occurred throughout the New York metropolitan area and along Long Island. [30]
The map also shows that the number of flood days recorded at tidal gauges along the Jersey Shore — at Sandy Hook, Cape May and Atlantic City — have increased since 2000.
Because of the immense lengths of the New York Bight and Atlantic shorelines (Montauk Point, N.Y. to Cape May, N.J.), research has shown that ocean water displaced by the barrier system would only increase coastal surges adjacent to the barrier by a few inches on the ocean and western Long Island Sound sides. [52] While ocean shore communities ...
The NWS reported the flood warning for Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland and Ocean counties until 6:15 p.m. Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams and other low-lying and flood-prone areas ...
A coastal flood warning remained in effect for Ocean County and coastal communities until 10 a.m. Monday. Up to 6 inches of flooding is expected in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways.