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Before and after Hurricane Matthew, Vilano Beach

By Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program December 2016 (approx.)
Two photographs show the same view of a beach before and after a hurricane, the latter with houses' beach stairs ripped away.
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Low-altitude oblique photography before Hurricane Matthew (Sept. 6, 2014) and after (Oct. 14, 2016) at Vilano Beach, Florida, shows storm surge and wave runup washed away a 5-meter-high (16-foot) sand dune, destroying boardwalks and decks and exposing an old seawall.

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Public Domain.