Storm resilience stress test: Erin's coastal impact in Florida

Seaside communities are being put to the test as Erin approaches areas vulnerable after other hurricanes in recent years.

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00:00now eastern florida was largely spared by aaron's wrath however there have been multiple days of

00:08dangerous rip currents and also beach erosion it's also served as a litmus test for this place

00:14in daytona beach shores this area was extremely hard hit from nicole back in 2022 and you see

00:21these big black bags these now line the beaches and are becoming the new beach in this part of

00:27volusia county when nicole destroyed it now about 20 condominiums were uninhabitable in 2022 after

00:35nicole's strong storm surge made these areas dangerous to live in multiple homes also fell

00:41into the ocean and city planners realized they had to do something to try and mitigate the loss

00:47and the risk for future tropical systems so aaron indirectly was a test for them and we've talked to

00:54many residents over the last couple of days and so far i think things are looking pretty good the

00:59army corps of engineers came in and they used dredging of the inlet and they took that sand from the bottom

01:05of the inlet and redistributed it all throughout the neighborhood so they built up the dunes and they

01:12replaced all the trap bags which they put in earlier to protect the dunes from the surf they took those

01:20out and just filled it in with more sand now many of these small seaside communities are still in

01:26active recovery much like is the case here in daytona beach shores as well as wilbur by the sea there are

01:31still many places that are not inhabitable and they are hoping that will change in the coming months and

01:37maybe year or so now conditions are expected to markedly improve here along eastern florida as we head

01:44towards the weekend reporting in daytona beach shores i'm leslie hudson for accuweather