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L.I. Survey: Long Beach Has Most 'Substantially Damaged' Homes
Number of declared homes likely to rise.
Long Beach has the largest number of homes that are declared substantially damaged, a finding based on a survey of more than two dozen towns and villages on Long Island’s South Shore and barrier islands that were impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
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Of the more than 3,000 homes deemed substantially damaged in these communities, Long Beach reported a total of 1,065 such homes, a number that is likely to rise, according to Newsday, which conducted the survey. The Town of Hempstead and Village of Freeport had 521 and 130 substantially damaged homes respectively.
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The City of Long Beach was among a limited number of communities in which the Federal Emergency Management Agency assisted in conducting assessments of storm-damaged homes. Scott Kemins, the city’s building commissioner, told Newsday:
"There were very few homes that did not get damaged during the flooding.”
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