Long Islanders dug out from under the first significant snowstorm of the season Friday, a surprisingly large snowfall that blanketed areas of the North Shore with more than 8 inches before ending by early afternoon.

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Commuters walk a snow covered platform.at the LIRR station on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022 in Mineola.

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Joe Cappiello shovels his driveway as his daughter, Sophia, 8, makes snow angels on Hudson Drive in Kings Park Friday, Jan. 7, 2022.

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This man his child enjoying the snowy hill on a snow day at Eisenhower Memorial Park in East Meadow Friday Jan. 7, 2022.

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Arnold Ma, left, Shu Sheng Li and Hui Chan are busy shoveling snow on Sunrise Highway in front of their store, January 7, 2022 in Freeport, NY. Long Island got four to six inches of snow in the first snowfall of the year.

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Snow plow barrels tru snow on South Main Street in Southampton.Jan 7th 2022

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Kimmon Stair clears snow off his car on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022 in Westbury.

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Benjamin Lewis, of Port Jefferson, clears snow from a sidewalk along Route 25A in Setauket on Friday morning, Jan. 7, 2022.

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Cars are blanketed with snow along Henry Street in Kings Park Friday, Jan. 7, 2022.

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Anthony Giannuzzi clears his driveway in Kings Park.

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A plow works on clearing Old Country Road near Glen Cove Road as snow falls on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022 in Carle Place.

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Commuters walk a snow covered platform.at the LIRR station on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022 in Mineola.

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Nine inches of snow has fallen in Northport by 8am on Friday, January 7, 2022.

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