Strong winds and high waters from an ongoing coastal storm battered Slaughter Beach, taking much of the beach and causing severe damage to the shoreline.

This past weekend, the first nor'easter of the fall season hit Delmarva, bringing high winds and heavy rains that impacted many coastal communities, including Slaughter Beach.

Sherry Kring, a neighbor of Slaughter Beach, says her home sits right on the beach, and high waters washed away much of her backyard.

"The surf was the big issue. It came up about ten feet — in addition to the ten feet that it came up during the last storm — so we lost a little bit of the dune there."

Bianca Beary, a neighbor of Slaughter Beach, says the strong waves during the storm were unusual for the Delaware Bay, which she describes as the most significant

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