VILANO BEACH, Fla. – A home on Vilano Beach is left standing on its pylons after the storm surge from Ian washed away most of its sea wall, driveway and underlying ground.
News4JAX discovered the scene around 11 a.m. as the Sky 4 helicopter was surveying the Northeast Florida coastline after Ian crossed the Florida Peninsula, causing flooding and damage in St. Johns County on Thursday.
The house was marked unsafe, News4JAX has learned.
This house in Vilano Beach has been marked unsafe after part of its sea wall washed away @wjxt4 pic.twitter.com/tFF2P6ni1E
— Anne Maxwell (@AnneMaxwellWJXT) September 30, 2022
One of the next-door neighbors’ house also had a significant part of its sea wall washed away.
Early Friday afternoon around high tide in Vilano Beach, an area that’s dealt with erosion, water was just feet away from Coastal Highway/A1A.
The Florida Department of Transportation is working to bolster the dunes by A1A with sandbags and piles of rocks.
FDOT is at Vilano Beach bolstering the dunes with rocks. The water has been coming feet away from A1A as high tide approaches @wjxt4 pic.twitter.com/p8xwzjjtzh
— Anne Maxwell (@AnneMaxwellWJXT) September 30, 2022
On Thursday, Ian caused leaning power lines, flooded roads and scattered debris in streets in Vilano Beach.
As of Friday, a coastal flood warning remained in effect for St. Johns County.