Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Superstorm Sandy: Disaster Zone as Nearly 5 Million Are Without Power | Redux

Superstorm Sandy: Disaster Zone as Nearly 5 Million Are Without Power

New York City, Lower Manhattan, Financial District, Wall St. / Trinity Church, 1846.
New York City, Lower Manhattan, Financial District, Wall St. / Trinity Church, 1846. by (vincent desjardins)
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Superstorm Sandy unleashed its lethal wrath, leaving nearly five million without power, downing trees and flooding the streets, spurring President Obama to issue disaster declarations for New York and New Jersey. Federal aid will be offered to the affected areas to help supplement state and local clean-up efforts. Sandy continued on a ferocious streak early this morning when a levee in Bergen County, N.J., was breached, resulting in four to five feet of water flowing into three towns and endangering as many as one thousand people, said Jeanne Beratta, spokesperson for the Bergen County Office of Emergency Management. Boat rescues are currently underway and minor injuries have been reported, she said. Although the worst of Sandy is over, high winds are expected to continue whipping through the northeast today, but will weaken at a steady rate, according to a National Weather Service briefing at 5 a.m. EST.

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-0.0488475"When we went into today, we knew the forecast was for strong winds from Sandy as well as the potential for flooding, so we had anticipated and reported to you all that we were expecting overhead outages," Miksad said. ...
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-0.21196Christie told residents that it was now too dangerous for crews to go in to rescue people who chose to stay, and they would have to "ride out the storm" ...
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0.214322"The New York City subway system…has never faced a disaster as devastating as what we experienced last night," MTA Chairman Joe Lhota said ...
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City: New York City

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