Figure 5.19: View to the north on the southern tip of Wallops Island on the seaside of the barrier island. Former inter-dune and dune scrub habitat is now exposed in the surf as a result of high water and erosive waves that scoured away the dunes and flattened the beach. Note a number of tree stumps in the surf. Sediments were moved backwards over the island as part of overwash while some sediment was pulled offshore. As a result of both Hurricane Irene and Sandy, this part of the shoreline retreated landward by more than 4 meters. Photo taken 11/2012.
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