A powerful coastal storm is causing damage to New Jersey shore towns, pushing ocean water into homes and roads.

An Upper Township administrator said Stathmere's beach is "essentially gone" following this weekend's nor'easter.

The worst weather on Monday will focus along a corridor from central New Jersey to Massachusetts, where high winds and big waves will lash the coastline, causing the potential for beach erosion and flooding.

More than half of New Jersey's coastline is still at risk of major flooding, the most severe classification through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), on Monday amid a vicious coastal storm battering the East Coast. Newsweek reached out to NWS Mount Holly, New Jersey, by phone for comment.

A powerful storm was pummeling the U.S. East coast with heavy rains, gusty winds and coastal flooding Sunday, with states of emergency declared in New Jersey and New York City and the surrounding region.

A nor'easter is churning up the East Coast, prompting declarations of a state of emergency in New Jersey and parts of New York state.

National Weather Service meteorologists issue a coastal flood warning for millions of people, including the whole of Delaware.

Rising tides flooded the Beach Haven Firehouse early Monday, Oct. 13, as a powerful coastal storm battered the New Jersey shoreline with winds topping 60 mph, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).