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On the eastern tip of Long Island, the storm surge reached 5.89 ft (1.80 m) above normal water levels in Montauk. The entirety of Fire Island was inundated by the floodwaters, with a high-water mark of 5.6 ft (1.7 m). Along the island, about 200 homes were washed away or destroyed. [5]
The orientation of Eastern Long Island facing due south, made it extremely exposed to the storm surge and intense winds. The estimated peak storm tide in parts of eastern Long Island was 20 ft (6.1 m). A mean low water storm tide of 8 ft (2.4 m) was recorded at Port Jefferson. [38] About 50 people perished in the storm's wake. [31]
Coastal areas of Long Island were flooded, as well as storm surge and wind gusts of 108 mph (174 km/h), which causes 260,000 homes to be left without power. [38] October 8, 1962: Hurricane Daisy tracks east of New England, producing light rainfall in extreme eastern portions of Upstate New York. [39]
The National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane watch for New England and portions of Long Island, N.Y., with Tropical Storm Henri likely to ... up to 5 inches of rainfall and a storm surge ...
A storm surge of 10-18 feet from Long Island Sound to Narragansett Bay, it is often considered to be the most intense hurricane to ever strike New England in modern times. [6] One estimate from Rhode Island stated the water level "reflects a storm occurring roughly once every 400 years.
A wide-reaching storm boosted by an ... A level 2 of 4 risk for flooding rain is posted from Long Island, New York, north through Maine with more than 1.5 inches of rain expected for much of the ...
The fierce northeast winds from the storm—with the low-pressure area stalled off the island of Martha's Vineyard—combined with high tides and storm surge, resulting from the storm's low pressure. This sent water over low land along the shores of Long Island Sound , Cape Cod Bay , and other bodies of water, causing some of the worst recorded ...
The National Weather Service has issued a tropical storm warning along the coast of Long Island from Fire Island to Montauk as Hurricane Dorian moves up the east coast and out to sea.
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