PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A windy day on the beach can leave you a sandy mess with sand everywhere from in your clothes to sand in your hair. Windy beach days, however, can be very important to a beach's ...

“Season” in Southwest Florida means a bevy of activities in our coastal communities. Chief among them: beach trips. The beach is one of our most celebrated natural resources, and rightly so. We know ...

This small beach town and its bronzy sand is a hidden gem, but it's an area that has seen quick growth, and a lot of visitors. The issue with that, many are uneducated on how vulnerable this coast is.

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — The storm that hit Pinellas County last weekend severely eroded new beach sand dunes which cost more than $26 million to reconstruct after Hurricane Idalia brushed by the coast ...

One Volusia County sand placement project is done and another focused on New Smyrna Beach is nearing its end phase.

MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. — The sand Pinellas County has been using for emergency beach dune renourishment has been coming from mines near Davenport and driven about 90 miles to the Gulf of Mexico coastline ...

Formed from windblown dry sands, dunes are meant to protect inland areas, acting as a first line of defense from flooding. The small ridges or hills of sand, usually found at the top of a beach, take ...

Medano Creek in Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado. Located in southern Colorado’s San Luis Valley, Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve is home to North America’s tallest sand ...

Sand dunes are a common sight on Carolina beaches, and they serve a vital function in the natural world that scientists want to understand better.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joecho-16/Getty Images Medano Creek in Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado. Located in southern Colorado’s San ...

FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. — The Flagler Beach Police Department is warning people to stay off the sand dunes following an incident over the holiday weekend that resulted in extensive damage to some area ...