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Photos and videos: Nor’easter pounds Maryland, Delaware beaches
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Key Points:
- A powerful early-season nor’easter is impacting Maryland and Delaware beaches, prompting high wind, coastal flood warnings, and advisories through Sunday.
- The National Weather Service predicts 2-3 feet of flooding in low-lying coastal areas and waves up to 11 feet in the surf zone.
- Wind gusts have reached 58 mph in southern Delaware, with widespread gusts over 40 mph across the Delmarva Peninsula, causing significant beach erosion and dune breaches.
- The storm has led to the cancellation of the Oceans Calling music festival in Ocean City, Maryland, and prolonged ocean pounding may cause further damage before conditions improve Monday.
