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Tornado Hits Long Island, Knocking Down Trees

Saturday, August 11, 2012 9:23
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The 85-mph winds snapped and uprooted multiple trees, knocking down power lines, smashing cars and damaging several homes before the tornado lifted in Ronkonkoma, officials said.

By / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Friday, August 10, 2012, 10:43 PM


	A downed tree from the storms, possibly a tornado, in Bohemia, N.Y. Credit NetNews.com. This tree was located on 8th Avenue in Bohemia.

Charlie Steinert/Network News Long Island 

Residents survey a downed tree this afternoon at 8th Avenue in Bohemia, L.I.

A tornado touched down in Long Island Friday afternoon leaving knocked-down trees and piles of debris in the wake of its 41/2-mile run.

Preliminary information from the National Weather Service shows the twister hit near Great River before it tore through the town of Bohemia in Suffolk County shortly after 2 p.m.

The 85-mph winds snapped and uprooted multiple trees, knocking down power lines, smashing cars and damaging several homes before the tornado lifted in Ronkonkoma, officials said.

The tornado tore a 150-yard-wide path through Connetquot River State Park Preserve.

Power companies had restored electricity to most residents by Friday night.

No injuries were reported.

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