The blizzard that pounded the Jersey Shore for more than 24 hours on Saturday night, brought more flooding, strong winds winds and, yes, even more snow, to coastal Monmouth County during the storm's second high tide cycle. Watch video
The blizzard that pounded the Jersey Shore for more than 24 hours on Saturday, brought additional moderate flooding, strong winds winds and yes, even more snow, to coastal Monmouth County during the storm's second high tide cycle.
In Sea Bright, large chunks of snow and ice floated down Ocean Avenue during high tide, as police, state Department of Transportation crews and other borough officials worked to keep the borough's roadways clear. Highway 36 was shut down in Sea Bright until the flood waters receded.
Farther north on the highway, Union Beach recommended to its residents in flood-prone areas to voluntarily evacuate in advance of the evening's high tide.
In Manasquan, which issued a voluntary evacuation order Friday, firefighters with the borough's high water rescue team spent the evening wading through icy waters to perform welfare checks on flooded residents.
While roadways throughout Monmouth County were closed due to flooding, downed power lines and fallen trees on Saturday, Belmar probably had the most bizarre storm-related issue to deal with.
The borough, which saw portions of Route 35 closed due to flooding from the Shark River twice on Saturday, had power knocked out to residents after a sailboat got tangled in power lines, Belmar Mayor Matt Doherty tweeted.
JCPL removing the mast of a sailboat caught in their lines that caused power outages in Belmar. Can't make this up. pic.twitter.com/sdNWD3iICN
-- Matt Doherty (@mattdohertynj) January 23, 2016
As of late Saturday night, Jersey Central Power & Light was reporting that it had less than 200 customers still without power in Monmouth County, nearly half of whom were in Belmar.
This number was down significantly from the nearly 3,000 customers who were reported to be without power on Saturday afternoon.
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