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Long Islanders bid farewell to wettest March on record

Quick ReadThis month, 9.55 inches of rain fell at Long Island-MacArthur Airport, smashing the old record of 8.38 from 2001.

Several cars are under water as flood waters

Photo credit: Photo by James Carbone | Several cars are under water as flood waters surround homes in Riverhead. (March 31, 2010)

T.S. Eliot wrote that April is the cruelest month, which has to make you wonder what's ahead of us.

Amid drizzle and fog Wednesday morning, Long Islanders were mopping up in the wake of the region's wettest March on record.

But the rain and fog were to end around noon Wednesday, and April was to begin with sunshine Thursday - which forecasters swear isn't an April Fool's joke.

Certainly,...

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