Tropical Storm Ophelia rocked the Delaware coast with rough surf, heavy rain and wind gusts that topped 60 miles per hour on Sept. 23.
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00:00 From the waves. Mother Nature is impressive. To the wind. The sand is crazy too.
00:07 Tropical storm Ophelia clobbered the coast of Delaware just a week after Hurricane Lee passed well offshore with rough surf.
00:15 This is going to do a lot worse than Lee did.
00:17 Delaware and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spent more than $20 million this summer hauling in tons of sand to try and replenish these beaches.
00:26 Ophelia and Lee likely washed away much of that work.
00:30 It's doing its job. It's keeping the water at bay. The dunes are in place.
00:35 With repeated high tides, obviously we're going to see a significant amount of erosion.
00:39 And only time will tell to see what that looks like.
00:42 It is a battle. Every year they just have to keep adding more sand. It just keeps going away more and more.
00:48 Many locals say it's a worthwhile investment to protect the beaches and towns that they love.
00:54 Small amount of money we spend to pump sand around, to secure some of these properties.
01:00 You know, it's just a costly doing business.
01:03 We have to continue to try, otherwise it's just going to be all nothing.
01:07 We love our Delaware beaches, so whatever we can do.
01:10 For AccuWeather, I'm Bill Waddell.
01:13 (wind whooshing)