. >>> one town north in longport last in line of the dune construction project, that got delayed because of the legal battle in margate. >> we're very, very vulnerable >> reporter: the mayor says thankfully these waves are coming from the south so sea wall and not thin beaches taking a direct hit. >> we are not happy with what we're hearing coming up with the next hurricane, that could take a direction toward the east coast and we want to be prepared. >> reporter: to protect longport south from wave action like we are seeing from hurricane irma the city has been building up the sea wall with rocks so large you could only fit two of them sometimes per tractor trailer load. >> we are replacing, rocks that are, probably one fourth that size. >> reporter: as storms keep coming shore towns keep working to protect what they have got n longport, cleve bryan, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> we are expect to go see a little bit of irma's impact in our area meteorologist kate bilo is in the weather center. kate what can we expect and when. >> jessica, we will feel heat and humidity starting to ramp

. >> jersey shore reporter ted greenberg is live in longport. another potential problem that could be created for the shore, coastal flooding. >> reporter: it is, jim and jackie. and the wind is picking up. we have these waves are getting bigger day by day. for some people, it's been a day to prepare for the worsening conditions on the way. the ocean getting angrier as jose churns in the atlantic making waves at the jersey shore. >> it's really rough out there. the winds are high and the waves are high. >> public works is helping build up the dunes. >> hope actually the sacrificial sand will go, not our dune infrastructure. >> reporter: along with four rounds of minor to moderate flooding through wednesday with the highest water potentially coming during tuesday evening's high tide. this woman decided to leave her mom's place in flood prone west wildwood and head home to willow grove. >> i'd like to be in my real house, in my real bed and get my car out of here mainly. >> i'm not afraid of them. >> reporter: john just got one of his boats out of

. >> look at the waves in longport and the waves are flashing over the sea wall and taking its toll especially in ocean city. this is the beach off oftive and street. the cliffs here are higher than i am from the erosion and look here this part of the jetty here is not exposed since the 1980s. we were going down the path it was cut and we had to jump down. >> because of the erosion. >> it literally took out the sand. >> back bays are seeing turbulent water as boats bob up and down and street flooding in the usual spots sending garbage cans and their contents into the roads but people are mesmerized by the surf. >> have never seen it this rough. >> wave after wave. >> interesting to watch and she has never seen it. >> it's awesome i have never seen the waves break so far out with so much mist coming off them way out there. >> reporter: and the show will continue long after the sun goes down, we have high tide coming up and that means more water and more erosion. ill think we'll see that when jose goes away the story is all the damage that was done to jersey's beaches. live in ocean city, nora m

we started at longport off 12th avenue and the waves are astounding in their power and fer osity. >> it's so powerful. last night we saw people out there surfing. they are just taking their life in their hands by going out there. >> in the wind whipped back bays of ocean city the turbulent water is tossing around this boat. you hear the clanging of walkways picked up by the wind. and some docks are under water making it hard to this crew to build a bulk head. >> have you the fool moon and then jose behind that. a little bit of everything. >> we have been through it several times more in the winter time than now it's unusual but we are used to it i think. >> this is the high tide with a nor'easter. last night we had not quite this much water and tonight this much and tonight a lot. tonight the cars out back will have to get moved. >> west north 15th street. this woman was stepping through the water blown out of the cans and now floating around. >> i'm not sure if i will pick it up today you can't get down there. i'll bring the trash a little back and pick up my neighbor's stuff. >> pe

the utility wants people in atlantic city, margate, ventnor and longport to conserve water to minimize flow through the damaged line. >>> a family from richboro bucks county is back home tonight. that after an emotional reunion at philadelphia international airport. their daughter withstood the onslaught of hurricane maria while she was in the caribbean and boy, is she thrilled to be back home. "action news" reporter jeanette reyes has the story. >> reporter: for a minute this mother and daughter embraced emotional and grateful beyond words for moments they feared would never come to be. >> the students were more worried about the fact that the parents didn't know that we were okay. >> reporter: she's a med student at roth university school of medicine in the caribbean island of dominica. the nation of 75,000 was ravaged by a ferocious category five hurricane that killed over two dozen people. >> it turned into a category five so quickly that i think no one was really expecting any of this to happen. >> reporter: she and her friends hunk kerred down on the university campus bracing for

if you're at longport out on the jersey shore, 77. dover, 75.ce the increasing clouds. 81 tomorrow for the target temperature. 83 with a chance of rain on thursday and 82 on friday with the chance of rain and 81 on saturday with a chance of some showers and then we'll go into next week. next monday and tuesday, we look at maybe showers coming in from what could be hurricane jose. guys? >> back in business. >> a popular bar reopens after a fire. the new upgrades waiting for you when you baulk in. >> philadelphia's soda tax may be having a pinch on local supermarkets. next at 5:00. ♪ health, is having the freedom to do what you want to do with your life, every single day. so at aetna, we promise to keep finding new ways to join you so nothing gets in your way. because no matter where it is you're going, or whatever stage of life you're in. we believe that when it comes to health. you don't join us. we join you. you're danny? i'm steve. joseph, i'm steve. how are you? nice to meet you sir. no different from everyone else. they just want a job. they

. >> reporter: longport public work crews with the same idea today pulling trash cans off the beach. another concern along the coach, four rounds of minor to moderate tidal flooding through wednesday with the highest water potentially coming during tuesday evening's high tide. one of john's boats now out of the bay at his shorehouse in west wildwood. the delaware county man is not taking any chances with jose. >> i came down this morning and pulled the boat and i'm going to put some furniture away and move my other boat. i'll move it over to my brother's house. he's in a lagoon and it's safer than where i am at. >> reporter: the storm's power making waves bigger and rougher. >> the ocean looks really fierce to me. >> reporter: north wildwood crews moving sand to beef up dunes battered by the effects of irma. jose expected to bring more pounding surf and beach erosion. >> it's sacrificial but when the storm comes rolling in, that sacrificial sand hopefully will be the sand that goes and not our dune infrastructure. we could see that first round of coastal flooding with this evening's

people in atlantic city ventnor margate and long longport are being asked to conserve water so that lessof it is flowing through the damaged line. >> it is time now for a first check on the "action news" traffic report today. >> all right, let's go live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center on a new work week. hey, matt. >> that story, i'll tell you who is ready for dinner. [laughter] >>> the news on the traffic front not so great especially in delaware county this afternoon where we're starting the afternoon rush with a crash in the southbound lanes of 95 just south of 476, the blue route. at the moment as they try and clean up they're taking out the two left lanes leaving us with just that one right lane squeezing by heading down toward the delaware state line and we're very quickly backing up on the southbound side of 95 coming away from philadelphia international airport with speeds in the teens at best. i would stay local if i were you, roads like 291, 13, even macdade boulevard or baltimore pike. 95 southbound through delco, not where you want to be at the moment t had