Storm Downs Trees, Causes Street Flooding In New York
LINDENHURST, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Heavy rain and whipping winds are causing a mess of downed trees and flooding in parts of New York.
The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood advisory for The Bronx, Manhattan, Staten Island and Queens, as well as parts of Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties for Saturday. There is also a high surf and coastal flood warning for southern Nassau County.
Out in Suffolk, Linenhurst was hit hard with dozens of trees downed across just one neighborhood, CBS2's Ilana Gold reported.
Over on 9th Street, residents saw several inches of flooding during high tide.
Some streets looked more like rivers as drivers did the 'I don't think so' stop with their cars and turned around because they were afraid they would get stuck, WCBS 880's Sophia Hall reported.
Over in Stony Brook, the wind took down a tree at the corner of North Country Road and Beacon Hill Drive. Crews were on the scene overnight cleaning up the damage that blocked the intersection for several hours.
Crews were also cleaning up in Smithtown on Route 111, where the storm knocked down a large tree.
Meanwhile on Staten Island, about 55 homes in Great Kills were still without power Saturday morning after the wind took down power lines near Windsor Road.
The only saving grace for many residents in the area is the news that Hurricane Joaquin is no longer seen as a danger to the Atlantic Seaboard as it continued on a path expected to keep it well off the U.S. coast.
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Though forecasters warned that even as Joaquin peels away from the coast, its effects will be felt, because it will continue supplying tropical moisture to the gusty rainstorm stretching from Georgia to New England.
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