Updated 09/07/2008 08:49 PM
Residents Clean Up Under Clear Skies After Hanna
Neighborhoods across the city spent Sunday cleaning up after Tropical Storm Hanna soaked the region.
The heavy rains and powerful winds hit one Queens neighborhood particularly hard. Much of Rosedale was flooded, which residents say is often a problem when it rains in the area.
Part of Hook Creek Boulevard in Rosedale was left under water after Hanna passed through. Residents say flooding is a problem in the area, and while they've learned to live with it, something needs to be done.
"They have built the houses but they haven't thought about drainage they study to get people in but not studying what's going to happen when we get this type of rain," said an area resident.
The storm's strong winds also knocked a tree down on 147th Avenue.
In Brooklyn, residents of the shoreline neighborhood of Seagate took in their outdoor furniture and placed sandbags by the shore in order to prevent flooding like in years past.
They said in their area, Saturday's weather was more bark than bite, and nothing like the major storm that hit the city during the winter of 1992.
"It was bad weather, it happened in December and it was a series of Nor’easters and people that lived here 50 years, even more, never seen anything like that," said an area resident.
Now that Hanna is gone, all eyes are on Hurricane Ike, which has caused significant damage in the Caribbean.
The premiere of Turks and Caicos says the Category 4 storm damaged 80 percent of the homes on Grand Turk island. So far there are no reports of death or injuries.
Ike is now roaring across Haiti on its way to the Bahamas and Cuba with winds up to 135 miles an hour.
Forecasters say the hurricane could start affecting the Florida Keys Monday night on a potential track for the central Gulf of Mexico.
A phased withdrawal is planned today for the Florida Keys. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin says his city is on alert as well.