Sponge Parks, Sand Dunes May Boost Resilience to Storms

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A couple of years ago, I walked along a flood-protection wall in the oceanfront New Jersey town of Sea Bright and wondered how severe weather would affect it. Now I know.

Photos show waves overtopping the wall and sweeping through the streets of the town, very close to where Hurricane Sandy made landfall on Oct. 29.