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The National Weather Service issued a coastal flood watch for Thursday night, and a high-surf advisory is in effect until Friday night.

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The storm has been downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, and can still cause dangerous conditions in Long Island even if it doesn't make a direct hit.

"The dangerousness of this event is like nothing we've ever seen."

The storm's surge, a record-setting 14 feet, reached its peak after nightfall on the 29th, and was greatly amplified by high tides brought on by the full moon.

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"They reduce water velocity, they reduce erosion of the shoreline and they reduce the height and intensity of the waves."

As the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, another potentially destructive storm bears down on the Gulf. A hurricane warning's been issued for the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, including New Orleans.

As Irene tore up the eastern seaboard, it spawned a tornado in North Carolina, and emergency crews on the border of Virginia and North Carolina couldn't respond to calls due to perilous conditions.