Hurricanes Irma and Matthew are prompting a $17 million beach renourishment effort in Brevard County.
More than a million cubic yards of sand will replenish eroded beaches from Cape Canaveral to Melbourne Beach.
Liz Fiocchi of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the effort is aimed at boosting tourism and protecting the habitat for endangered species like sea turtles.
"A million cubic yards of sand is about the same size of sand, that big golf ball that is at the Epcot Center? So if you're trying to visualize a quantity that's how much material will be placed along the beach."
The effort is scheduled to get underway later this month. It should be completed by the end of April, in time for sea turtle nesting season.