spite Cuba’s well-rehearsed hurricane preparations. Most victims were killed by falling trees or collapsing buildings. “The hurricane was very big. I have never seen anything like it in my 54 years,” said Santiago resident Reinaldo Rivas. Elsewhere, 20 deaths were reported in Haiti – where much of the infrastructure remains in a poor condition following a massive earthquake…
Hurricane Sandy, which left 21 people dead as it barreled through the Caribbean, could likely metamorphose into frightening storm that could cause $1 billion in damages. Experts say the tempest – dubbed Frankenstorm – has a 90% chance of hitting the East Coast of the U.S., having the potential to wreak havoc with heavy winds, rain, flooding, and downed trees and power lines. In fact, longtime wea…
…l anywhere between Virginia and southern New England on Monday. The prospect of merging with a wintry storm coming from the west during a full moon has many fearing dangerous high tides. Sandy is some 520 miles (835 km) across. It is also very slow, moving north-east at just 15 mph, and could linger over as many as 12 states for 24-36 hours, bringing up to 25 cm of rain, 60 cm of snow, extreme sto…
d local authorities were already underway for residents who had failed to heed the mandatory evacuation issued over the weekend. Hurricane Sandy has already killed at least 66 people – including 51 in Haiti – in the Caribbean before pounding U.S. coastal areas with rain. But the New Jersey shore is expected to take the brunt of the massive weather front as Sandy hits near Atlantic City…
…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…
…sport director Joseph Lhota said early Tuesday. Hours earlier, a power sub-station exploded in a burst of light captured by amateur photographers as a massive blackout left much of Manhattan, and some 500,000 homes across New York City, in darkness. The flood waters had begun to recede early Tuesday, but the Con Edison power company said it could take a week to completely restore power. Disaster e…
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President Barack Obama is visiting the state of New Jersey, to survey the devastation two days after Hurricane Sandy made landfall nearby. With Republican Governor Chris Christie, he is to meet rescue workers and residents in Atlantic City. The massive cyclone killed at least 50 people across the north-eastern US and millions are still without power. Some businesses and services reopened after a…
people inside will stay in place in Manhattan on Friday. But Consolidated Edison, the power company serving New York, warned that some areas of the city would be blacked out until 11 November. Almost 45% of customers in New Jersey and some 15% in New York State remain without electricity. New York West Village resident Rosemarie Zurlo told Associated Press she was abandoning her flat temporarily…
The devastating aftermath of Hurricane Sandy was beginning to emerge as the death toll hit 50 and damage was expected to reach $50 billion. As Frankestorm passed over the region, startling before-and-after pictures revealed what was left of the East Coast. At first glance, New Jersey’s Mantoloking Bridge appeared to be completely different highways – until it becomes clear that just o…
…come to this floor and make people think everything is okay?” New Jersey Democratic Representative Bill Pascrell demanded of Republicans skeptical of the bill. The House passed the measure by a 354 to 67 vote, while the US Senate approved it on Friday afternoon by unanimous consent. The US Congress has passed an emergency aid package for victims of Superstorm Sandy, days after an outcry ov…
rting widespread power outages, flooded streets and damages to buildings. The authorities said one person, an elderly man, died when he was crushed by falling boulders as he tried to reach his home. A 48-hour curfew has been imposed in all major towns, though some looting has been reported. The country’s sole energy provider, the Jamaica Public Service Company, said earlier that 70% of its c…
…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. Related search articles:…
…r crashes. The wind also snapped a crane in Manhattan, leaving it to dangle precariously above the Midtown West skyline, with officials too wary of the high winds to attempt to bring it down. At least 26 of the 61 reported fatalities from the storm occurred in New York, with five on Long Island. These included a motorcyclist who collided with a van after traffic lights stopped working, a car crash…
s was open, but trading volume was very light and the price moves were minuscule. As of the regular close of trading at 9:15 a.m., Dow Jones industrial average futures rose 8 points to 13,062. S&P 500 futures added 3.50 points to 1,411.10. Nasdaq futures slipped 3.75 points to 2,655.25. On Monday, when regular U.S. stock trading was also closed, stock index futures fell slightly. Relat…
ome, reports the New York Daily News. Her 65-year-old daughter was unable to save her. Helpless neighbors heard their screams for help but could not reach them. Also on Staten Island, John Filipowicz, 51, and his 20-year-old son John were found dead under debris in the basement of their home. Breezy Point, in New York City, where fire razed 111 homes, was described by one onlooker as resembling a…
Tens of thousands of people whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Sandy could soon need housing as cold weather closes in, New York’s political leaders have warned. Homes without heat would become uninhabitable as temperatures fell, state Governor Andrew Cuomo said. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg put the figure at 30,000-40,000 people. At least 106 US deaths – 40 of them in New…
ning on Tuesday, converting a rally into a storm relief event in the swing state of Ohio. In other developments: • US federal agencies in Washington DC will re-open on Wednesday • Fire destroyed about 50 homes in the New York City borough of Queens • More than 200 patients were evacuated from New York University’s Tisch Hospital after power went out and a backup generator failed • Three nucl…
…no presidential election ever being postponed, some are pointing to past precedents where voting has been delayed. New York City was holding its mayoral primary when terrorists struck on September 11, 2001, and the city rescheduled the election. After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Louisiana’s governor postponed municipal elections in New Orleans after elections officials said polling places wou…
…on Wednesday. The New York Stock Exchange reopened on generator power after two days of closure, along with the Nasdaq. But New York City’s Bellevue Hospital had to order the evacuation of some 500 patients after back-up electricity failed. A partial subway service is due to begin on Thursday. Many bus services are already back on the roads, and most of the city’s bridges have reopene…
fierce winds and widespread flooding. However, New Jersey Mayor Chris Christie today made good on his promise to make sure the Garden State was able to have Halloween and moved the holiday to November 5. Chris Christie promised on Tuesday: “If conditions are not safe on Wednesday for trick-or-treating, I will sign an executive order rescheduling.” “I’ve taken this action to minimize additional ris…
…ay – a total closure of six to seven days. But a group of Columbia University researchers analyzing the effects of a smaller hurricane or tropical storm suggest that it would shut down the subways for 21 days. The predictions came in a report authored by Klaus Jacob, a geophysicist who specializes in disaster management, that examined the effects on the city’s transportation infrastructure of a 10…
…o minimize damage to infrastructure. Superstorm Sandy knocked out power to at least 6.2 million people across the US East, and large sections of Manhattan were plunged into darkness by the storm, with 250,000 customers without power as water pressed into the island from three sides, flooding rail yards, subway tracks, tunnels and roads. New York City’s 911 dispatchers were receiving 20,000 c…
…I say more.” Donald Trump launched into a self-serving attack on President Barack Obama just hours after devastating Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast Donald Trump also boasted that Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in Manhattan had stayed open last night during the storm, saying: “We are taking care of hundreds of people in the Trump Tower atrium – they are seeking refuge. Free coffee and food….
As the East Coast is still reeling from the devastation brought on by Superstorm Sandy forecasters are already warning of a powerful new nor’easter storm front coming in from the Atlantic, bringing 45 mph gusts of wind mixed with snow and rain. The beleaguered coast line is expected to face the storm from Tuesday to Thursday – potentially casting a shadow over Election Day. At least New Yor…
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