Power Restored as Ocean City Escapes Worst of the Flooding

Power has been restored to 329 Atlantic City Electric customers who were without power between 20th and 26th streets early Tuesday morning, according to the outage map posted on the energy company’s website.

The outages were reported just before 7:30 a.m. and were due to high winds and heavy rain. Power was fully restored around 11 a.m.

The outbound lanes of Route 52 (9th Street Causeway) were closed due to flooding earlier Tuesday, but reopened as of 1:15 p.m.

Tidal heights were about six inches above what they were on Monday morning during Tuesday morning’s high tide, according to the Office of Emergency Management Director Frank Donato.

Ocean City saw a four-foot tide on Monday. The tide was 4.5 feet on Tuesday, but forecasts called for about five feet, which Donato said would’ve put the City in line with the nor’easter of 2009.

“It’s typical nor’easter flooding, nothing people aren’t used to,” Donato said. ”The heaviest amount of rain was overnight during low tide and tapered off before high tide this morning.”

There were no incidents reported to the Ocean City Police Department Tuesday morning.

Ocean City schools were closed on Tuesday, according to a post on the district’s website.

The Hispanic Community School Awareness meeting at the Primary School was postponed.

As of 8 a.m., rainfall amounts in Cape May County were as follows, according to the National Weather Service:

Northwest Sea Isle City: 2.46

Southwest Sea Isle City: 2.33

Woodbine: 2.30

Southeast Upper Township: 2.23

South Dennis Township: 2.20

Northwest Middle Township: 2.10

Southwest Middle Township: 2.07

Wildwood Crest: 2.05

Cape May Harbor: 2.33 inches

Know of any other closings, late openings or problem areas? Do you have any photos of local flooding you’d like to sure? Send your messages to Anthony.Bellano@patch.com.

The attached images (2) of flooding in Ocean City streets and the sea at 58th Street were posted to Facebook by Basia Brown.

The attached images (4) of flooding on 30th and West were provided by Suzanne Hornick.