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High Wind — Kings (Brooklyn), New York

October 29, 2012 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$1.0M
Magnitude
60 EG
Area
Kings (Brooklyn)

Event narrative (NOAA)

A wind gust up to 69 mph was reported in Coney Island at 642 pm, and winds of 58 mph were reported in Flatbush at 905 pm. A male and female, both age 24, were killed when a tree fell on them.

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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