Sentence:  Perhaps as startling as the sheer toll was the devastation to some of the state's well-known locales. Boardwalks along the beach in Seaside Heights, Belmar and other towns on the Jersey Shore were blown away. Amusement parks, arcades and restaurants all but vanished. Bridges to barrier islands <WSD>buckled</WSD>, preventing residents from even inspecting the damage to their property. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To distort or collapse under physical pressure; especially, of a slender structure in compression.