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Low dunes near Cape Canaveral launch pads often overwash during storms

By St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center 2017 (approx.)
Low dunes near Cape Canaveral launch pads 39A and 39B often overwash during storm events
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Low dunes near Cape Canaveral launch pads 39A and 39B often overwash during storm events, transporting sand landward. Critical infrastructure may be buried or flooded. In addition, significant landward transport of sand may lead to extensive shoreline erosion.

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