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Greg Berman assesses coastal damage during a winter storm.

Extension agents Greg Berman and Shannon Jarbeau.

WHOI scientist Jeff Donnelly and co-workers are reconstructing past storm activity on Cape Cod from clues stored in the sediments of Salt Pond in Falmouth, Mass. Photo by Ken Kostel/WHOI.

Sand fraction of event bed dating to the 9th century CE (top) and 8th century CE (bottom). The event bed deposited ca. 780 CE is significantly coarser consistent with a heightened wave heights with a catastrophic hurricane. Black bar = 1 mm. Image courtesy J. Donnelly.

Donnelly with Ian Somerhalder during production of the documentary Years of Living Dangerously. Photo by Tom Kleindinst/WHOI

A beachfront house in Brewster experienced major storm-related damage.

Exposed septic systems at Sandwich Town Neck.

Overwash at Nauset Beach in Eastham, Mass.