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High Wind — Northwest Suffolk, New York

October 29, 2012 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$1.0M
Magnitude
83 MG
Area
Northwest Suffolk

Event narrative (NOAA)

A wind gust to 96 mph was measured at the USCG Eatons Neck Station. This report is at an elevated platform of 71 feet, with an estimated gust of 87 mph at 10 meters. The wind report occurred at 655 pm. In Commack, a 57 year old homeless female was killed when a tree fell on her tent. In Nissequogue, a male, age unknown, was killed by a fallen tree limb. In Hauppauge, a 66 year old male was killed when he cut down a tree, and it fell on him on November 6th. In Lloyd Harbor a 39 year old male was killed by a fallen tree.

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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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