Remembering Hurricane Gloria's impact on Long Island
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A car drives past toppled utility poles on Sunrise Highway during Hurricane Gloria in September, 1985.
Credit: Donna Dietrich
A small power boat is crashed upon the rocks as waves crash over the seawall at City Island in the Bronx on September 27, 1985.
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Crews clear fallen trees on Ox Pasture Road in Southampton after Hurricane Gloria on September 28, 1985.
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Beach chairs are piled up in the sand on the end of Kentucky Avenue in Long Beach after Hurricane Gloria on September 28, 1985.
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Strong waves crash into Cedar Beach, as homes in the background take a pounding from Hurricane Gloria on Sept. 27, 1985.
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Hurricane Gloria swept through Long Island and deposited many boats on land, like this one seen in Mount Sinai on Sept. 27, 1985.
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In the wake of Hurricane Gloria on Sept. 27, 1985, neighbor helps neighbor on a flooded canal on Warwick Road in Island Park.
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Part of a roof yielded to Hurricane Gloria as the storm blasted the western end of Fire Island near Dunewood and Fair Harbor on Sept. 28, 1985.
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A fallen telephone pole blocks Elinore Road in Merrick after Hurricane Gloria on Sept. 29, 1985.
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Southampton Town Supervisor Marty Lang surveys a home destroyed by Hurricane Gloria on Oct. 1, 1985.
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An uprooted tree blocks an entrance to a site in Babylon where debris from Hurricane Gloria is being stored on Oct. 1, 1985. The huge mound behind it is more debris.
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