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A car drives down a flooded street Sunday in Huntington, New York.
Long Island communities such as Huntington were preparing for what could be the worst flooding in 14 years.

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Water from the Great South Bay crashes against the back of a house Sunday in Babylon, New York. Forecasters expected a storm surge between 3 and 5 feet in New York, and Gov. Eliot Spitzer deployed 3,200 members of the National Guard to low-lying areas of Long Island predicted to be in the storm's path.

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Pedestrians push against the wind and rain as they cross the road April 15, 2007 in New York City. The East coast is bracing for a severe nor'easter bringing heavy rain and wind and forcing airlines to cancel more than 350 flights. The nor'easter is expected to deliver some of the worst flooding to coastal areas in 14 years.

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Andrew Venza, 11, looks at the waves breaking over the seawall at Bayville Beach in Bayville, N.Y., Sunday, April 15, 2007. The nor'easter brought high tides and heavy rains to Long Island.

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A man walks with his broken umbrella April 15, 2007 at Astor Place in New York City.

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A dog is seen wearing a raincoat April 15, 2007 at Astor Place in New York City.

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Pedestrians jump puddles as they cross the road April 15, 2007 in New York City.

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Rabbi Avraham Lipskier watches the rising tides caused by a Nor'easter in the Atlantic Ocean on Beach 46th Street in Seaside, a private community located on a peninsula adjacent to Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Sunday, April 15, 2007. One house in the community was destroyed by a similar storm in December 1992.

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