Many homes near the water were destroyed by the surge, and shoreline structures such as docks, causeways, bridges, low-lying roads, and seawalls sustained substantial damage.

In Laclede County, severe flooding washed out low-lying roads and drainage culverts.

Ideally, evacuations should be carried out well before a storm hits, at low tide so low-lying coastal roads are not flooded, and in daylight.

A few houses lost their roofs and low-lying roads sustained flooding due to both heavy rains and rough seas.

Several vehicles also became trapped in high water on some low-lying roads and highway underpasses.

Hundreds of residents were driven from their homes or cut off by water on low-lying roads.

Some low-lying coastal roads were flooded.

In parts of Rhode Island, coastal flooding inundated low-lying roads, leaving ocean debris behind.

As the water crept across low-lying roads Saturday, the authorities closed an interchange on Interstate 95 and the 14th Street Bridge over the James.

Seasonal floods often sweep away the docks, damage the bridges, flood the homes and wash out low-lying roads on the riverbank.