Hurricane Sandy could merge with a winter storm to create what they have dubbed “Frankenstorm” as it churns towards the US, forecasters warn. Sandy has weakened to a category one hurricane, but is still packing maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h). Hurricane Sandy reportedly caused up to 40 deaths as it tore through the Caribbean on Thursday and Friday. The storm is projected…
…eeded to evacuate. • Make plans to secure your property: • Cover all of your home’s windows. Permanent storm shutters offer the best protection for windows. A second option is to board up windows with 5/8” marine plywood, cut to fit and ready to install. Tape does not prevent windows from breaking. • Install straps or additional clips to securely fasten your roof to the frame structure. This will…
ations in New York, the construction of barriers for railway yards and train tunnels, and other hurricane emergency efforts. Hurricane Irene came ashore near North Carolina’s Cape Lookout around 7:30am EDT, and then chugged up the coast on a north-northeast track. Irene stirred up 7 feet waves, and forecasts warned of storm-surge danger on the coasts of Virginia and Delaware, along the Jerse…
e earmarks of a billion-dollar storm. Currently, Hurricane Sandy is moving through the Caribbean with high winds and heavy rain. It made landfall in southeastern Jamaica yesterday with a wind speed of 80 mph and has already been responsible for the death of one person in Haiti and two in Jamaica. Some have compared it to the so-called Perfect Storm that struck off the coast of New England in 1991,…
…apartment at 270 West 17th Street, and his mother, Princess Yasmin Aga Khan rushed to the scene when she heard the news. Andrew Embiricos, 25, was the son of Rita Hayworth’s daughter Princess Yasmin, 61, who was a product of Hayworth’s third husband, Prince Aly Aga Khan. Andrew Ali Aga Khan Embiricos, Rita Hayworth’s grandson died after an apparent suicide in his Manhattan apartment on Sunday (p…
…on, Boston and Philadelphia. At 02:00 EDT, the storm was turning north, its eye swirling about 425 miles (760 km) south-east of New York City, according to the National Hurricane Center. With winds of 75 mph, Hurricane Sandy, dubbed “Frankenstorm”or “Superstorm”, is expected to bring a “life-threatening” surge flood to the mid-Atlantic coast, including Long Island Sound and…
Britain faces second day of worst storms since 1996. Britain was hit today by the worst storm since 1996, as the swirling remnants of Hurricane Katia have crossed the Atlantic and reached the land in the morning, sweeping across large swathes of the country. Weather forecasters warned that gusts of up to 80 mph (c 135 km/h) would batter buildings, uproot trees and cause travel chaos. They also…
New York City is on lockdown in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy, as it barrels towards America’s largest city, and its residents were quick to respond rushing to stock up the essentials. Staples like bread, water, eggs, and produce have been flying off the shelves as the city’s 8 million residents prepare for the megastorm. In addition, for only the second time in the subway’s hundred-year…
…the state’s barrier islands, and local officials ordered many more in their towns. It was not known how many heeded the warning. She said more than 2,200 people were in shelters statewide. About 35,000 homes and businesses across the state were without power by midday Monday as officials braced for a storm surge that was expected to cause record-breaking flooding….
0 a.m. in nearby Hatteras with around a dozen cars on board. The 16-mile-long barrier island is accessible only by boats that can carry no more than 50 cars at a time. Ocracoke Island is home to about 800 year-round residents and a tourist population that swells into the thousands when vacationers rent rooms and cottages. It wasn’t clear how many people on the first arriving ferry Wednesday…
Hurricane Irene: 10 deaths and millions of power outages. Hurricane names: how and why scientists named hurricanes? At least 7 states – North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Delaware and Connecticut – declared emergencies as Hurricane Irene massively advances toward US Eastern Seaboard. North Carolina is likely to take the first blow, according to officials. Hu…
me. Four hours later, it made landfall again at Coney Island. Meanwhile Irene had been downgraded by the National Hurricane Center to a tropical storm with winds at around 65mph – much weaker than the 85mph that was forecast late on Saturday. Irene’s biggest impact was felt on Sunday night in upstate New York and New England where many communities suffered devastating floods after rivers burst the…
Thousands of people have been evacuated from New Orleans as Hurricane Isaac makes its slow approach. Hurricane Isaac will hit the Louisiana city exactly seven years after it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, but it is a much less powerful storm. New Orleans has closed its new floodgates in a bid to protect it from the effects of high waters brought by sustained winds of up to 80 mph (130 km/h)…
ane Irene was such a threat that people living there simply had to get out. New York officials also announced plans to shut down the city’s entire transit system Saturday — all 468 subway stations and 840 miles of tracks, and the rest of the nation’s largest mass transit network: thousands of buses in the city, as well as the buses and commuter trains that reach from Midtown Manhattan to the subur…
e is reporting 24-foot seas off New Jersey after the storm continues to gather strength as it barrels across the Atlantic. City officials are bracing for the high tide which is expected to come around 8:00 p.m. with Gov Andrew Cuomo warning: “The worst is still to come. Do not underestimate this storm.” He added: “We are known for our toughness, but we have a sense of community that is very inspir…
the Outer Banks of North Carolina with Category 1 winds and rain and made landfall in Nags Head The center of hurricane hit the coast of North Carolina near Cape Lookout with Category 1-force winds of 85 mph. Hurricane warnings for the next 48 hours have been issued for North Carolina, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, coastal Connecticut, Rhode Is…
…s Twitter feed (@Fema) and Facebook page also provide updates. The American Red Cross has a search tool and map to help you find your nearest emergency storm shelter, or text SHELTER and a Zip Code to 43362 (standard rates apply). The latest information on sea levels and high tides is available from the NOAA’s National Ocean Service. Google’s interactive crisis map of the hurricane sho…
apocalypse. Halloween looked likely to be an uncharacteristically somber affair as up and down the East Coast people come to terms with Sandy’s aftermath. Across New York and Westchester, around 811,000 people were without power – with that number reaching a staggering eight million along the Eastern Seaboard. The outages in Manhattan have been attributed to a huge explosion at an elec…
an was convicted in his absence. Spain’s National Police said Andrew Moran confronted officers when they tried to arrest him. The Serious Organized Crime Agency’s (SOCA) said two handguns, 60 rounds of ammunition and a machete were recovered from Andrew Moran’s villa following his arrest. Andrew Moran was placed on SOCA’s most wanted list after leaping from the dock and assaultin…
Sean, Tammy, Vince, Whitney. In 2012 the names will begin with Alberto, Beryl, Chris, and so on. The last time Irene name was used was in 2005, the same year Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. Like 74 other Atlantic hurricanes, Katrina’s name has been permanently retired to reduce confusion and show respect for those who lost their lives in the hurricane. All hurricanes that result in ext…
ake sure that you are safe for a few days and that you have food and water for a few days.” Temperatures fell to 39 F (4 C) on Sunday and are forecast to go as low as 30 F (-1C) on Monday. About 730,000 people in New York state still do not have electricity, including more than 130,000 in New York City, the governor said. Nearly a million people in the neighboring state of New Jersey remain…
Tropical Storm Isaac bearing down on the Gulf Coast and New Orleans is now a hurricane, US forecasters say. Hurricane Isaac boasting winds of at least 75 mph (120 km/h), is likely to make landfall by Tuesday night. The storm is expected to hit New Orleans seven years after the much stronger Hurricane Katrina. US President Barack Obama has warned residents in the path of the storm they should not…
The first deadly signs of Hurricane Sandy’s monstrous power were revealed as it barreled towards land on Monday – with snow falling, rivers breaching and floodwaters submerging cities across the East Coast. Hurricane Sandy, which forecasters said could be the largest in U.S. history, strengthened overnight to nearly 1,000 miles wide with winds in excess of 85 miles per hour as it acce…
ing school for prospective seafarers. It was built using the original ship drawings from files in the British admiralty archives, but its dimensions were enlarged by around a third to fit the enormous 70 mm cameras used in the filming. Some 400,000 feet of lumber were used, 10,000 square yards of canvas were sewn by hand and 10 miles of rope were rigged before it was ready for the silver screen. T…
157 W. 57th Street. A sprawling 13,554 square foot apartment on the 75th and 76th floor on the building, reportedly sold for $90 million to an unknown buyer and the penthouse of One57, located on the 89th and 90th floors, was rumored to have sold for $95 million….
Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1 billionYahoo's board has approved a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion, US media reports say. The acquisition is expected to be announced as early…
Google told to clean up auto-complete results in GermanyGoogle has been ordered by a German federal court to clean up the auto-complete results its search engine suggests. The court said Google must ensure terms generated by…
Google Glass: Ten features and ways to use itGoogle has revealed for the first time what view users will get through its “Project Glass” wearable computer. 1. Google Glass responds to voice commandsGoogle Glass…
Samsung announces 5G mobile network technology developmentSamsung announces it has developed technology that could sit "at the core of 5G" - the successor to the 4G mobile-communications standard. The Korean company says its…
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere pass symbolic mark of 400 ppmCarbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have broken through a symbolic mark reaching its highest throughout human history, recent figures from a US monitoring station…
Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn perform emergency spacewalk to fix ammonia leakUS astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn are carrying out an emergency spacewalk to fix a leak of ammonia from the International Space Station's cooling system. Live…
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