Photos: New York storm damage

Residents of Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood venture out to inspect damage after the afternoon tempest. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)

Sept. 16, 2010 12 AM PT

The brief but violent storm brought down a tree onto a vehicle in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)

A tree limbs lies fallen against a house on 11th Street between 5th and 4th avenues in Brooklyn. (Michael Nagle / Getty Images)

Neighbors clear fallen trees and debris from cars on 11th Street between 5th and 4th avenues in Brooklyn. (Michael Nagle / Getty Images)

Downed trees and other debris clog a street in Park Slope after the violent late-afternoon storm. There was at least one fatality in what seemed to be tornado-strength winds, although there was no immediate confirmation of a tornado. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)