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Hurricane season starts June 1 — be prepared

The official start of the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season is June 1 — next Tuesday. From now through November, we must be prepared for a storm to come out of nowhere and wreak havoc across Long Island, as Tropical Storm Isaias did last summer. more

5/27/21

Be prepared for hurricanes — now, not later

With all the news of the coronavirus crisis, it would be easy to forget that we are more than a month into the Atlantic hurricane season — and now is the time to prepare for the possibility of a major storm. more

7/10/20

Be ready when the next hurricane hits

With the anxiety of Superstorm Sandy never far from our minds, Long Islanders have watched painfully familiar scenes unfold across the South, the mid-Atlantic and the Caribbean over the past two years . . . more

By Neela Lockel | 7/6/19

Weathering the hurricane reporting

I spent a chunk of last Wednesday staring at my TV, watching squiggly lines accumulate on the Weather Channel’s map of the Atlantic Seaboard. They represented model tracks of Hurricane Joaquin . . . more

10/8/15

Beatrice Brown, left, Ben November and Rebecca Jellinek all took first place in their respective divisions in round one of the recent Long Island Science and Engineering Fair. They now advance to the second round of the competition. Round two winners advance to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Three Kennedy High School researchers advance in LISEF

When Superstorm Sandy rolled across the South Shore on Oct. 29, 2012, it drenched the south Merrick home of Beatrice Brown, now 16, in four and a half feet of saltwater. The storm destroyed her family’s ranch-style house. The Browns lost everything. more

By Scott Brinton | 2/26/14

This map, provided by the National Atmospheric and Oceanographic Administration, shows the probability of an eight-foot storm surge hitting the New York metropoitan area during Hurricane Sandy, as of Sunday night.

Latest from hurricane center: 10 to 20 percent chance Merrick-Bellmore will be hit by 8-foot surge

On Monday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center upgraded its risk assessment for south Merrick and south Bellmore, saying there was a 10 to 20 percent chance the area could be hit by a storm surge of at least eight feet. more

By Scott Brinton | 10/28/12

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