Wind is the main worry as superstorm whomps NY

Posted at: 10/30/2012 4:19 AM
By: Associated Press | WHEC.com

The day after superstorm Sandy started pummeling the Atlantic Coast, people far inland faced high winds that had already started wreaking havoc on trees and power lines.
    
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers were without power as the storm crashed through the region, prompting schools, government offices and many businesses to close.
    
High wind warnings were posted for all of central New York Monday night and Tuesday morning with frequent gusts of 50 to 60 mph and occasional gusts of 70 mph in the western Catskills.
    
Emergency shelters were opening around New York in the face of the massive storm, with its winds extending 500 miles from its center.
    
Two storms last year caused devastating flooding in upstate New York.

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