These Delaware beaches were damaged by Tropical Storm Ophelia. Will they be replenished?

Lewes, Broadkill and Delaware Seashore State Park were among the beaches that fared the worst from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ophelia.

Fortunately, Lewes and Delaware Seashore are due for replenishment in the off-season. However, Broadkill has no relief scheduled, at least not yet.

"Along the Atlantic, the beach north of Indian River Inlet in Delaware Seashore State Park was hit hardest and was left in its most eroded state since Hurricane Sandy in 2012," said the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control's Jesse Hayden.

Fortunately, the department had previously planned to replenish the area later this year.

Excluding state parks, Delaware's ocean beaches saw little damage over the weekend, likely due to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' recent replenishment project. The Corps placed 1.3 million cubic yards of sand on Delaware's ocean beaches earlier this year.

Rehoboth Beach spokeswoman Lynne Coane said damage was "light to moderate mostly due to blowing sand." Fenwick Island Town Manager Patricia Schuchman said the beach "actually held up quite well."

Some of Delaware's bay beaches were not as lucky.

About 6 inches of dune was lost on Lewes's northern beaches, according to City Councilman Khalil Saliba. There was very little damage at Savannah and Johnnie Walker beaches, he said, though plenty of sand was blown into the parking lot at Savannah Beach. He expects the parking lot there to remain closed through the weekend, as more wind is expected this week.

Photos: See aftermath of coastal flooding and damage in Delaware caused by Ophelia

But the beach at Roosevelt Inlet, in the area of the Lewes Yacht Club and the Children's Beach House, experienced "substantial damage," Saliba said.

As the city has done in the past, the sand blown into the Savannah Road parking lot will be transported to the northern beaches and placed there, according to Saliba. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is scheduled to replenish Lewes's beaches this fall or winter, according to spokesman Stephen Rochette.

Just north, there have long been steep beach cliffs at Broadkill, only worsened by Ophelia. Rochette said his agency has no plans to replenish the beaches there, but the state could decide to take action.

"Right now, we are in ‘triage mode’ as the coastal hazards persist all week, so plans may change in the future. I expect we will have some additional beach repair work to do, primarily to the bay beaches, but it is too early to say when and where," Hayden said.

Both a high surf advisory and rip current warning are in effect until Wednesday evening at the Sussex County beaches, according to the National Weather Service. A coastal flood warning ended Tuesday night, but water levels are expected to remain elevated for the rest of the week.

"Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion are expected," the service said in a statement.

Shannon Marvel McNaught reports on Sussex County and beyond. Reach her at smcnaught@gannett.com or on Twitter @MarvelMcNaught.

This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Some Delaware beaches damaged by Tropical Storm Ophelia to be repaired