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Tornado, storm wreaks havoc in NYC

Torrential rains and a tornado packing 135-mph winds tore through the city Wednesday morning, ripping apart homes, crippling the subway system and forcing stranded commuters to walk for hours in stifling heat.

Just as the morning rush began, the storm dumped 3.5 inches of rain across the city in barely two hours, whipped up a twister in Brooklyn and unleashed flash floods that led to the...

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