BANGOR DAILY NEWS • January 17, 2024
Some beaches in southern Maine lost up to 30 feet of dunes from the twin storms that wreaked havoc on the coast last week, according to early estimates. The two storms that hit Maine on Wednesday and Saturday caused massive flooding to low-lying areas that damaged homes, docks, roads and boats. The storms also dramatically eroded some of the natural and human-made barriers that protect those areas from the ocean, leaving them more vulnerable to the second of the two storms on Saturday and to future weather events.