Living shorelines protect from erosion

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Paula Hersh has lived on the water for years, and has the eroded shorelines and property damage to prove it.

In 1996, Hersh said, Hurricane Fran eroded the bulkhead at her home in Mobjack Bay on the Middle Peninsula. In 2003, Isabel overrode the revetment armor on her embankment and took the house.

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