More sea rescues prompted by Sandy were reported in Delaware Bay.

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The Guardian recently said the cottage was one of the trust's "most sought after, thanks to a stunning location overlooking Rhossili Bay across a runway of sandy beach".

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When Sandy hit, water rushed in from the bay and a network of water channels, flooding hundreds of homes south of the Belt Parkway.

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He advised coastal residents to prepare for flooding, including bay areas that didn't traditionally get hit with water intrusions until Sandy.

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The trust website describes the cottage as "the sole building above a wide expanse of sandy beach... set on a raised terrace in the dramatic landscape of Rhossili Bay with uninterrupted views of the sea and the tidal island of Worm's Head".

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The bay, which has deteriorated because of overdevelopment and storm water runoff, was battered further by Hurricane Sandy.

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On Wednesday, Steve Bellone, the Suffolk County executive, blamed the breach Sandy cut in an eastern Fire Island preserve, the Otis Pike Fire Island High Dunes Wilderness, for making the bay more volatile.

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