#noreaster

#noreaster

A 76-year-old woman in New York City was killed Sunday by a 7-foot solar panel that came loose because of strong winds as a powerful nor'easter battered the East Coast. At around 10:30 a.m. ET, a woman was found unresponsive on a walkway in the Coney Island area of Brooklyn, New York police said Monday. Authorities determined that a solar panel struck the pedestrian in the head. She was taken to Lutheran Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

A 76-year-old Brooklyn woman became the first known NYC fatality tied to the powerful nor'easter that battered the region when she was struck in the head and killed by a solar panel that blew off a carport at an outdoor parking lot, police and the NYC Buildings Department said. The freak accident - attributed to the powerful nor'easter winds -happened about 10:30 a.m. Sunday near Ocean Parkway and Brighton Beach Ave., not far from the beaches along southern Brooklyn,

After some sunshine to start the long weekend, a coastal storm will slowly move in, bringing "wind, rain, minor coastal flooding and erosion late Sunday into Tuesday," according to meteorologists. Cindy Fitzgibbon, WCVB: 'Rain is slow to spread in from the south late Sunday but will linger into Tuesday' NEXT 7 DAYS...Sunshine into Saturday. A slow-moving coastal storm brings wind, rain, minor coastal flooding and erosion late Sunday into Tuesday. Potential for 1-3" rain and wind gusts to 50mph on Cape Cod. Slow improvements for the middle of next week but staying cool #WCVB pic.twitter.com/g5qEANBaEQ- Cindy Fitzgibbon (@Met_CindyFitz) October 10, 2025