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Saturday storm packed bigger punch than some hurricanes

Photo credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr. | Wantagh, NY Sunday March 14, 2010: The home of Gary Marsicozetere was damaged by a falling tree from his neighbor's yard Sunday March 14, in Wantagh Newsday/ J. Conrad Williams Jr.

It will likely go down in history without a proper name, known only as the March 2010 nor'easter to meteorology buffs.

But this weekend's storm packed a bigger punch than any recent hurricane and caused the most extensive coastal flooding on Long Island since the most famous nor'easter, the Perfect Storm of 1991, meteorologists said Sunday.

The National Weather Service reported that...

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