Trisha Kraker wakes up in the morning, opens her door, walks down her stairs and steps right into sand. She looks up and there it is — the Atlantic Ocean. For this, she pays less than $40 a night.

Surf is blasting coastlines, ocean beaches are closed to swimming, and residents are bracing for possible flooding and widespread erosion. Commercial fishing boats are docked to ride out the storm. At ...

LaTourette was scheduled to either affirm, reject or modify an administrative judge’s ruling in June in favor of allowing the ...