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Ida slams LI shores with worst beach erosion since 1990s
Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan | Last week's storm wiped away several feet of sand at Smith Point Park beach, exposing the dune's sea grass roots. (Nov. 16, 2009)
Storms pound Long Island beaches
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Photos: Storms hit Long Island
Last weekend's high surf from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida brought the worst beach erosion to the South Shore since two major nor'easters in the early 1990s, officials say.
The latest nor'easter carried away significant amounts of sand and cut into the dunes at Fire Island National Seashore, Robert Moses State Park, Suffolk County's Smith Point County Park and the Town of Babylon's...
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