A downed tree slammed onto a car following a late afternoon storm yesterday which is being described as a possible tornado in the Park Slope neighbourhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

At least one fatality was attributed to the severe storm which brought high winds and rain to parts of Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.

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