Downtown Myrtle Beach loses half a foot of sand each year, while other parts of the South Carolina coast lose up to 10 feet annually, according to Gayes. To keep the beaches wide for visitors and ...

Nine miles of the project include North Myrtle Beach and will cost about $13 million. Stark said hopper dredges will pump sand offshore and that sand will be pumped through pipes that empty on the ...

But despite the inclement weather, the storm didn’t impact the coast in Myrtle Beach enough to require renourishment, the process of replacing sand lost by erosion. Sand on the shore and dunes ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Sand dunes are the first line of defense against storm surges, and the majority of the sand fencing and on-shore seagrass were washed away after Hurricane Ian.

Storms wash away sand into the ocean and longshore currents move it down the coast. The amount of erosion varies drastically throughout the state. Downtown Myrtle Beach loses half a foot of sand ...