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Long Island nor'easter this weekend leaves trail of fallen trees, outages and flooding
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Populous island in southeastern New York city
Long Island is a densely populated continental island in southeastern New York State, extending into the Atlantic Ocean. It constitutes a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land area. The island extends from New York Harbor 118 miles (190 km) eastward into the ocean with a maximum north–south width of 23 miles (37 km). With a land area of 1,401 square miles (3,630 km2), it is the largest island in the contiguous United States and the 11th-largest island in the U.S.
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The worst of the nor'easter has passed, but showers are still in the forecast to start the week.
The wet-and-wild storm sent ocean fish swimming through driveways and hungry seagulls diving for dinner on streets — while prompting a waterlogged cop to call it the worst flooding his Queens…
A powerful, slow-moving nor’easter continued to batter the Northeast on Sunday, leaving more than 130,000 customers without power and threatening coastal communities with another round of flooding at high tide