{"id":302542,"date":"2025-10-14T11:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/302542\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T11:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:54:13","slug":"beach-erosion-threatens-grand-strands-future-expert-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/302542\/","title":{"rendered":"Beach erosion threatens Grand Strand&#8217;s future, expert warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WPDE) \u2014 Significant beach erosion along the Grand Strand has raised concerns among experts, with recent king tides and a nor&#8217;easter exacerbating the situation. <\/p>\n<p>Coastal Carolina University (CCU) professor Paul Gayes, who holds a Ph.D. in marine and wetland studies, emphasized the seriousness of the issue. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Beach erosion is an enormous issue. It&#8217;s around the entire country,&#8221; Gayes said. &#8220;You&#8217;ve got a huge amount of the population, percentage-wise is at the coast. It&#8217;s a huge part of our economy and our way of life. And it is at risk because we have a rising sea level.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wpde.com\/news\/local\/georgetown-businesses-struggle-as-noreaster-floods-historic-district-causing-damages-weather-wciv-abc-news-4-10-13-2025\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/wpde.com\/news\/local\/georgetown-businesses-struggle-as-noreaster-floods-historic-district-causing-damages-weather-wciv-abc-news-4-10-13-2025\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">READ MORE: Georgetown businesses struggle as Nor\u2019easter floods historic district, causing damages<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The erosion has led to the formation of wall-like structures along the beaches, posing a threat to existing infrastructure such as hotels and homes.<\/p>\n<p> Gayes explained, &#8220;We have a very static infrastructure and economy that&#8217;s on that line. So every year seas a little higher. Storms are coming in, and you&#8217;re getting that whole, very critical resource that so much is dependent on getting squeezed between our society and the sea that&#8217;s coming.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While renourishment efforts have been successful in the Grand Strand, Gayes cautioned that they are only a temporary solution. &#8220;We&#8217;re basically putting it out there as a sacrificial amount of sand. It moves around for a couple of years, and then we have to redo it,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The problem is that&#8217;s working fine for the Grand Strand, but it is not addressed. Sea level rise is not making this land surface any higher.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wpde.com\/news\/local\/true-blue-nursery-machine-injury-georgetown-county-south-carolina-workers-rights-osha-law\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/wpde.com\/news\/local\/true-blue-nursery-machine-injury-georgetown-county-south-carolina-workers-rights-osha-law\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">READ MORE: 1 &#8216;traumatically injured&#8217; by machinery at garden center, EMS says<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gayes urged for a comprehensive approach to address the issue, rather than relying on incremental emergency measures. <\/p>\n<p>A beach renourishment project is set to begin in North Myrtle Beach in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. 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