Hurricane Erin may have been miles away from New Jersey, but the storm\u2019s effects impacted the Garden State.<\/p>\n
Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency for New Jersey on Thursday afternoon ahead of the storm.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are expecting coastal and flash flooding, along with high surf and rip currents. Please monitor weather forecasts and stay informed on evacuation protocols, especially if you\u2019re down the Shore,\u201d Murphy wrote in a post on X.<\/p>\n
Flooding on the main boulevard on Long Beach Island got progressively worse as the day went on. The bay overflowed and pushed water onto the street by the Bay Beach Yacht Club.<\/p>\n
Out along the beach, water came about 10-15 feet inland after high tide.<\/p>\n
Beaches along the coast were closed to swimming on Thursday due to the rough surf from the storm.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese waves are 6,7, 10 feet tall and they\u2019re dropping right on the sandbar. So, speaking from experience, it\u2019s not fun at all,\u201d said lifeguard Jack Duncan.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know that you have to have respect for that water because you don\u2019t want to go near it. You really don\u2019t,\u201d said Lori Sadwith, of Monmouth Beach.<\/p>\n
Friday\u2019s weather is expected to be much improved, but the ocean is still expected to be rough.<\/p>\n
Beachgoers are urged to use caution and to refrain from swimming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hurricane Erin may have been miles away from New Jersey, but the storm\u2019s effects impacted the Garden State.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,58922,44595,79,61807],"class_list":{"0":"post-100923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-hurricane-erin","10":"tag-jersey-shore","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-state-of-emergency"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}