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Shellfish harvest areas off Hamptons closed
The state has temporarily closed shellfish harvest areas in waters off Southampton and East Hampton because of heavy rainfall Thursday night and Friday morning.
Officials with the state Department of Environmental Conservation said the concern is that the high volume of storm water runoff - which contains pathogens and other contaminants - could render the shellfish unsafe to eat.
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