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Man Surfs Down Flooded Jersey Shore Street as Battering Storms Move Out

A surfer glided down a neighborhood street in one flood-stricken Jersey Shore town Sunday as a powerful, wind-swept storm that has pummeled the tri-state's coastline and has been blamed for at least two deaths this weekend pushes out of the region. 

A surfer rode down Waterway Road in Ocean City, New Jersey, Sunday afternoon as high tides swelled onto the street. Video posted to Twitter shows him gliding along the side of a pickup truck before falling off the slow-moving board as someone off-camera laughs, "wipeout!" 

The lighthearted moment came at the end of a weeklong weather pattern that saw most of the region pummeled with rain, wind and blustery conditions. The Jersey Shore and Long Island saw the worst conditions as coastal flood warnings were issued for storm-swollen high tides inundated beaches and washed onto coastal roads. 

Coastal flood warnings remained in effect until Sunday evening for most of the Jersey shore, but conditions should improve drastically as the region enters the workweek.

In midtown Manhattan, steely gray skies gave way to sunshine for the first time in nearly a week Sunday afternoon as the mercury climbed back above the 60 degree mark. Elsewhere, conditions improved as well.

The trend should continue into the workweek, with temperatures climbing into the 70s by Tuesday.

The nice weather will be a welcome change from the conditions that wreaked havoc throughout the region and were blamed on at least two deaths. 

Five anglers were tossed into Jamaica Bay Friday night as 10 to 15 foot swells capsized their boat. Two people were able to swim ashore to get help; two others later died. 

On Saturday in New Jersey, a woman died after her car was hit by a falling tree branch during the storms. But it's not clear if the branch snapped because of the severe weather. 

The flooding appears to have made a devastating impact on at least one home in Cape May County, causing it to collapse and wash into an inlet. 

Hundreds of people in the Garden State lost power for at least some time during the storms Friday and Saturday as limbs and trees knocked out lines. 
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