Old Bethpage, New York

A police car guards a fire that was ignited by a fallen live electric wire on <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO0000729NY" title="Old Bethpage" href="/topic/us/new-york/nassau-county/oyster-bay-%28nassau-new-york%29/old-bethpage-PLGEO0000729NY.topic">Old Bethpage</a> Road on August 28, 2011 in Old <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLGEO100101101010959" title="Bethpage" href="/topic/us/new-york/nassau-county/oyster-bay-%28nassau-new-york%29/bethpage-PLGEO100101101010959.topic">Bethpage</a>, New York. <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="EVWAN00009" title="Hurricane Irene (2011)" href="/topic/disasters-accidents/meteorological-disasters/hurricane-irene-%282011%29-EVWAN00009.topic">Hurricane Irene</a> made a second landfall in New Jersey and swept up to New York City and <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PLTRA000031" title="Long Island" href="/topic/travel/long-island-PLTRA000031.topic">Long Island</a> early this morning, battering the northeast with high winds and rain.

( Getty Images / August 28, 2011 )

A police car guards a fire that was ignited by a fallen live electric wire on Old Bethpage Road on August 28, 2011 in Old Bethpage, New York. Hurricane Irene made a second landfall in New Jersey and swept up to New York City and Long Island early this morning, battering the northeast with high winds and rain.

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