When the sun is shining, the temperatures are rising and the waves are crashing, beach-goers everywhere know it's the call of the summer season. But when the unexpected happens and the beach is washed away, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are called upon to help.rnThe unexpected happened in November 2009, when Rockaway Beach, in Queens, New York, was hit hard with a series of nor'easters that caused erosion and severe damage to the beach. What started out as a maintenance project for the Corps of Engineers New York District, quickly turned into an emergency restoration project.
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