Video taking off 79x its usual first day

King tides flood streets and erode sand beneath Jupiter's civic center

WPBF 25 News shows damage at Carlin Park and rising water in West Palm Beach in a report watched more than 100,000 times.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 102,745 views a day, 79 times a normal first day on this channel (1,298).

King tide flooding and erosion impact South Florida

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0:18High tide floods the street near South Flagler Drive and Pershing Way in West Palm Beach.
1:00Surfer Vance Weyandt describes debris from boardwalks and trees in the water.
1:16Erosion has damaged the area beneath the historic civic center at Carlin Park in Jupiter.
1:40Heavy machinery moves sand onto the beach to reinforce damaged areas.
2:45Anchors describe lost replenishment sand at Midtown Beach, followed by erosion and flooding elsewhere along the coast.

Reporter John Perik stands in rubber boots at a West Palm Beach street corner as high tide pushes water across the road and sidewalk. Farther north in Jupiter, his report shows a different consequence: beach erosion beneath a historic civic center at Carlin Park.

WPBF 25 News's "King tide flooding and erosion impact South Florida" drew roughly 100,000 views in its first day, an unusually large audience for the station's regular reports. Its usual first-day audience is closer to a thousand.

The footage makes the damage tangible. Heavy machinery moves sand onto the beach to reinforce eroded areas, while Jupiter residents describe conditions they rarely encounter. Surfer Vance Weyandt reports debris from boardwalks and trees in the water. He also describes the waves as fun, a striking contrast with the damaged shoreline nearby.

"As residents, this is our home. Hopefully it rebounds," Jupiter resident Chad Clasby says.

The report extends beyond Jupiter and the flooded corner near South Flagler Drive and Pershing Way. The studio anchors describe the loss of recently replenished sand at Midtown Beach and further erosion and flooding in Vero Beach, St. Lucie County and Martin County. Sand brought in to restore a beach is among the material the water is carrying away.