Homes in Strathmere, New Jersey, at risk after more storms batter dunes: "You feel so helpless"

Strong wind gusts, driving rain and rough surf are once again causing problems down the Jersey Shore .

For the second time this month, an angry Atlantic Ocean was eating away at the dunes and washing away part of the beach at Seacliff Avenue in Strathmere.

"It's one after another, and you feel so helpless because you're limited on what you can do and the resources you have to work with," said Craig Reeves, the superintendent of the Upper Township Public Works Department.

Reeves was closely monitoring the conditions Thursday. He says many homes are now at risk after most of the beach was lost and several feet of dunes were wiped away two weeks ago, when a strong nor'easter battered many shore towns. Strathmere declared a state of emergency.

"We really lost a lot two weeks ago wi