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About 18,000 years ago, Connecticut, Long Island Sound, and much of Long Island were covered by a thick sheet of ice, part of the Late Wisconsin Glacier. About 3,300 feet (1,000 m) thick in its interior and about 1,300 to 1,600 feet (400 to 500 m) thick along its southern edge, it was the most recent of a series of glaciations that covered the ...
Due to the compact nature of the storm, most of Long Island is largely unaffected by the hurricane. [32] Specific damage totals for New York are unknown, although the storm in its entirety causes $460 million (1954 USD) in damage. [32] September 10, 1954: Hurricane Edna tracks to the east of Long Island producing 9 inches (230 mm) of rain. [3]
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The orientation of Eastern Long Island facing due south, made it extremely exposed to the storm surge and intense winds. The estimated peak storm tide in parts of eastern Long Island was 20 ft (6.1 m). A mean low water storm tide of 8 ft (2.4 m) was recorded at Port Jefferson. [38] About 50 people perished in the storm's wake. [31]
The National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane watch for New England and portions of Long Island, N.Y., with Tropical Storm Henri likely to develop into a hurricane before it hits the ...
If you multiply the swell period by 1.5 you will calculate the speed in knots of the wave group for deep water. Waves travel in groups, with the individual wave traveling twice as fast the group. In general waves will be referred to as either short period (15 seconds or less) or long period waves(16 or more seconds).
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They can be received on long wave, FM, DAB and online via BBC Sounds. 00:48. Includes weather reports from an extended list of coastal stations at 00:52 and an inshore waters forecast at 00:55 and concludes with a brief UK weather outlook for the coming day.