By Donna Conneely Records were broken last month as massive amounts of rain swamped parts of Long Island. During the 24-hour period beginning on the morning of Wednesday, August 13, 2014, more rain fell than during any similar period in recorded history. At the weather station on Long Island, more than 13″ of rain was…

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By Donna Conneely Hatteras Island Flooding (Courtesy U.S. Coast Guard) The first hurricane of the 2014 season, Hurricane Arthur, was initially feared and dreaded as it barreled up the same path taken by the infamous Hurricane Sandy a year ago. It made landfall near the State of North Carolina, and left tens of thousands of…