A powerful coastal storm didn’t just rough up Maryland’s shoreline — it peeled it back.
State officials are warning visitors to steer clear of large sections of Assateague State Park after frozen sand cliffs collapsed and broke apart along the beach following the spate of recent winter weather, authorities said.
The damage was most severe near the Youth Group Beach and the F Loop crossover at Assateague State Park, where beach erosion carved steep drop-offs and left massive slabs of frozen sand scattered along the shoreline, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources…