Hurricane Frances & the beaches of Palm Beach County PBC Department of Environmental Resources Management September 2004.

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Hurricane Frances & the beaches of Palm Beach County PBC Department of Environmental Resources Management September 2004

Coral Cove Park Pre-storm conditions

Coral Cove before & after

Tequesta - Coral Cove South

Jupiter Beach Park jetty

Jupiter Inlet District Web Cam

Jupiter – Carlin Park Civic Center

Jupiter – Reef Club

Jupiter – Radnor Park

Juno – Loggerhead Park Juno Pier

Juno – Donald Ross Rd

Juno – Mercury Drive McArthur State Park

Lost Tree Village

Singer Island

Singer Island Seawinds - North Singer Island Aquarius – South Before & After

Singer Island Aquarius - North Before & After

Lake Worth Inlet Discharge line Jet pump intake Electrical line Flooded interior Loose jetty stones

Lake Worth Inlet - West Ocean Reef County Park - South Before & After

Palm Beach

REEF ROAD WELLS ROAD

Palm Beach

MIDTOWN

BATH & TENNIS CLUB

Palm Beach

SLOAN’S CURVE

Sloans Curve Phipp’s Park Par 3

PHIPPS OCEAN REEF PARK

OLD S. OCEAN BLVD.

AMBASSADOR

Lake Worth

Palm Beach South

Palm Sea Condo – View South Sea oats and walkovers lost. 6’ vertical loss of sand.

South Palm Beach Dune project extent

Lantana Public Beach

WINDEMERE

DUNE DECK

3600 EAST

HORIZON EAST

Manalapan

South Lake Worth Inlet

North Jetty at South Lake Worth Inlet

Ocean Ridge Boynton Public Beach Ocean Club

Boynton Oceanfront Park – View South

Boynton Oceanfront Park – View North

Gulfstream

Briny Breezes/ Ocean Ridge

Gulfstream Park

– View South

Gulfstream Country Club – View North Newly exposed seawall with 4-5’vertical loss of sand

Gulfstream Country Club - View South Groins exposed

North Delray Beach

Delray South

Highland Beach

North Boca Raton

Central Boca Raton

South Boca Raton South Jetty North Jetty

Sea Turtle Nesting Data from monitored areas of the county’s coastline indicate that Nearly 50% of the Green turtle nests and 20% of the Loggerhead turtle nests were washed out as a result of the storm. Over a 15 mile area, 1,200 nests were lost.

Coral Cove Park Dune Restoration Project Juno Beach Shore Protection Project Singer Island Shore Protection Project Lake Worth Inlet Sand Transfer Plant South Palm Beach Dune Restoration Project South Lake Worth Inlet Sand Transfer Plant Gulfstream Dune Restoration Project FEMA funding sought by PBC for repairs to the: