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Aug 19, 2009 1:30 pm US/Eastern

Cleanup Continues In Parts Of NYC After Wild Storm

Severe Weather Topples Trees On Upper West Side, Central Park

NEW YORK (CBS) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 4: Cleanup crews had a tough job on their hands Wednesday morning after wild weather tore through Central Park and other areas of New York City on August 18, 2009.
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Click to enlarge 2 of 4: CBS 2 viewer Jeremy Katzeff of Jackson Heights, NY sent us this amazing photograph of a lightning bolt in New York City during a severe storm on August 18, 2009.
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Click to enlarge 3 of 4: CBS 2 viewer Steven Malecki of Sunnyside, Queens snapped this incredible shot of lightning during a severe storm on August 18, 2009.
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Click to enlarge 4 of 4: Wild weather brought down trees in Manhattan's Central Park on Tuesday night, August 18, 2009.
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There's nothing like a nice easy jog through Central Park, even if it means a few scratches and an awkward hurdle or two over downed tree trunks.

"I just sat on this tree, rolled over," said Manhattan resident Isabel Gutierrez. "Now I'm trying to figure out how to get through this tree."

The path of devastation stretches from 90th Street to 115th Street from the East River to the Hudson. But in Central Park, high, powerful, straight-line winds snapped tall, thick trees like toothpicks.

There were no reports of injuries, unless you count twisted park benches.

It didn't matter where CBS 2 HD pointed its cameras; there was major damage in every direction. As joggers and pedestrians walked through the park, all the talk was of the weather. Some thought it impossible the damage wasn't a result of a tornado.

"This is not the Central Park I know every morning. What happened to it. Oh my goodness. It's like a tornado went through it or something like that," said resident Kristina Emmott.

"The cleanup effort will take days, perhaps weeks to get it fully cleaned up," said NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe. "Central Park Conservancy is bringing in emergency crews, private contractors. The parks department has all five boroughs working. We will assess what's going on in the other boroughs, and if necessary we'll bring in crews from other boroughs into Manhattan where damage appears to be the worst."

The National Weather Service said a tornado was not responsible for the significant damage in the park, but instead high winds tore through the area.

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