Before-and-After Aerial Photos Show Sandy's Impact
The U.S. Geological Survey creates an interactive map that includes images that cover the length of Ocean City's beachfront.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has released a series of aerial photographs showing before-and-after images of Hurricane Sandy’s impacts on the Atlantic Coast. The photos, part of a USGS assessment of coastal change from as far south as the Outer Banks of North Carolina to as far north as Massachusetts, show that the storm caused dramatic changes to portions of shoreline extending hundreds of miles. Pre- and post-storm images of the New Jersey and New York shoreline in particular tell a story of a coastal landscape that was considerably altered by the historic storm. __________ See an interactive map of coastal images. Re-center the map on Ocean City (the central New Jersey coastline appears by default). Zoom in until blue and/…
