A powerful, wind-swept coastal storm continued to pummel the tri-state region Saturday, causing rising tides and rough waters that swept away a house along the Jersey shore and capsized a boat, killing two people in Jamaica Bay..
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The Jersey shore and Long Island's southern shore were the most directly affected by the coastal storm on Saturday, Storm Team 4 said. Most of coastal New Jersey was under a coastal flood warning for most of the day, along with Nassau County in New York.
Minor coastal flooding was anticipated in those regions around high tides between now and Sunday.
Minor flooding could also be observed in other areas and as far inland as Westchester County. Nearly every county in the tri-state that touches the Atlantic or Long Island Sound is under a coastal flood warning.
The flooding appears to have made a devastating impact on at least one home in Cape May County, causing it to collapse and wash into the bay.
Meanwhile, five anglers were tossed into Jamaica Bay Friday night as 10 to 15 foot swells capsized their boat. Two people were able to swim ashore to get help; two others later died.
Flooding was occurring Friday in low-lying areas of southern New Jersey including Atlantic City, Ocean City, the Strathmere section of Upper Township, and Sea Isle City, where tow truck drivers were being called on to retrieve cars stranded in flood waters.
Work crews trucked sand in to the Ortley Beach section of Toms River, which was devastated by Sandy, and used heavy equipment to spread it onto the already-eroded beach. Belmar pumped water out of a low-lying coastal lake near the beach, and Brick was pushing sand back onto a protective steel sea wall built last fall in another area that was wrecked by Sandy.
The same storm system is being blamed for at least two deaths in South Carolina and flooding from the deep South to New England.
If there's a silver lining to this weekend's severe weather, it's that Hurricane Joaquin, the monster category 4 storm that battered the Bahamas is twisting its way out to sea and will not directly affect the tri state or any other part of the eastern seaboard. Joaquin, along with an area of low pressure, is indirectly being blamed for torrential rains in the rain-weary Carolinas that could cause severe flooding Saturday.
Temperatures, which have hovered in the 50s the last several days are expected to recover somewhat Sunday, when Storm Team 4 says highs will climb into the 60s amid clouds and a spare shower or two.
The upcoming work week, however, looks to be beautiful fall weather, with highs in the 60s and low 70s with mostly sunny skies.
