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Daily News & Analysis
| 7 months ago
New York's Bellevue Hospital Center, which has been operating on backup generators since the massive storm Sandy took out power across parts of the city, is being evacuated, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Wednesday. About 500 patients are...
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NY1
| 7 months ago
Even with hundreds of thousands of customers still without power in Manhattan, the New York Stock Exchange is back on track for the first time since Sandy's arrival in the city. The Wall Street landmark was shut down for two straight days because of...
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The Dallas Morning News
| 7 months ago
Trading resumed on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday after being closed for two days because of Hurricane Sandy...The exchange is running on backup generators since power is out in large parts of downtown Manhattan. The last time the exchange was...
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Mail Online UK
| 7 months ago
31 October 2012 After having leveled huge swathes of New York City and the East Coast as it rampaged through the region on Monday night, superstorm Sandy inflicted a final indignity as it caused coffins to rise from their graves. At one cemetery in...
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Reuters
| 7 months ago
People congregate in front of a building that still has wireless internet access in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York October 30, 2012...Atlantic coast on Monday night, knocking out electricity and Internet connections, millions of...
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10 News
| 7 months ago
Superstorm Sandy dropped up to 12 inches of rain in some areas and the storm surge flooded so many communities. News on Tuesday spoke with a local climatologist about why the storm surge was so strong. Communities from the Mid-Atlantic to New England...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 7 months ago
The United Nations has said the world body's headquarters in New York will remain closed for the third day on Wednesday "due to the impact of Hurricane Sandy". "Due to the impact of Hurricane Sandy, United Nations offices in New York will remain...
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Teaneck Suburbanite
| 7 months ago
The massive storm that pummeled the East killed 10 people in New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Tuesday, but he offered no firm timeline on when power would be restored to hundreds of thousands of people or when the city's flooded subway...
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Zee News
| 7 months ago
55 Zeenews Bureau New York: As Hurricane Sandy slammed into New Jersey on Monday, the New York University hospital plunged into darkness, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg reportedly said on Monday. Bloomberg said that the administration is working on...
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Epoch Times
| 7 months ago
The agency is delivering giant generators to statesthe kind that can power hospitals or water treatment plants, according to Fugate...The Disaster Response Fund has $3.6 billion on hand, according to Fugate. As Sandy keeps moving closer to the coast,...
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Mail Online UK
| 7 months ago
29 October 2012 One million homes in the New York area lost power by 6pm on Monday as Hurricane Sandy barreled toward the New Jersey coast. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged New Yorkers to stay indoors and weather the storm from the relative...
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BBC
| 7 months ago
A major storm bringing torrential rain, high winds, flood surges and heavy snow has made landfall on the east US coast. Sandy, now a post-tropical cyclone, passed over the New Jersey coast at about 20:00 local time (midnight GMT), packing winds of...
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The Guardian
| 7 months ago
Firefighters gather in front of an apartment building in Manhattan, which lost parts of its facade amid winds from hurricane Sandy. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters Winds from hurricane Sandy have seriously damaged a building in Manhattan as the...
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Russia Today
| 7 months ago
Frankenstorm an economic horror show Published: 30 October, 2012, 00:40 The bank of the East River ahead of Hurricane Sandy October 29, 2012 on eastside of Manhattan in New York City. (AFP Photo / Michael Heiman) Hurricane Sandy, now dubbed "...
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News 24
| 7 months ago
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg warned on Monday that it was becoming "too late" to get away from floods from Hurricane Sandy as winds and sea levels rose. Bloomberg issued a mandatory evacuation order for 375 000 people in zones at risk of floods...
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National Public Radio
| 7 months ago
Here are a few reasons government forecasters at the National Hurricane Center and emergency management officials are so concerned about Sandy: 1. Sandy is one of the largest hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. Sandy's winds cover an area of more than...
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The independent
| 7 months ago
Forecasters warned that the New York City region could face the worst of Hurricane Sandy as it picked up strength and turned toward the US East Coast's largest cities today, forcing the shutdown of financial markets and transport systems, sending...
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USA Today
| 7 months ago
Hurricane Sandy gained strength Monday as it moved north along the Eastern Seaboard, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds, soaking rain...
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KSBY
| 7 months ago
Mayor Michael Bloomberg says New York City schools will remain closed on Tuesday as Hurricane Sandy approaches...Bloomberg says schools will remain closed because there's "no chance" that mass transit will be restored by Tuesday. The city shut down...
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MarketWatch
| 7 months ago
A virtual ghost town, the nation's most populated city was all but closed Monday, with New York hunkered down waiting for Hurricane Sandy's full wrath, expected to bring record storm surges, flooding and power-outing winds later in the day.
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Sacramento Bee
| 7 months ago
Gaining strength and threatening 50 million people, Hurricane Sandy chugged north Monday, raking ghost-town cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts. Subways and schools were closed, the floor of the New York Stock Exchange was...
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The Hindu
| 7 months ago
October 29, 2012 AP Sand bags protect the front of the New York Stock Exchange on October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued its path on Monday forcing the shutdown of major U.S. stock exchanges, mass transits and schools. Forecasters warned that...
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Mail Online UK
| 7 months ago
29 October 2012 Meteorologists have called it a 'once-in-a-lifetime' storm but as East Coast residents stockpile imperishables and fill their bathtubs with water in preparation for the looming tempest, many are left scratching their heads over what...
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International Business Times
| 7 months ago
Hurricane Sandy has made thousands of East Coast dwellers move to higher ground as several cities announced shutdowns that usually happen after several feet of snow. Hurricane Sandy has made thousands of East Coast dwellers move to higher ground as...
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Asian Tribune
| 7 months ago
22 editor Hurricane Sandy a deadly hrricane now closing on the east coast of the United States could potentially be the biggest storm that could impact the nation in 2012. Already, local, state, and federal governments have mobilized throughout the...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 7 months ago
A late-season hurricane is bearing down on the East Coast . It threatens to inundate New York with an 11-foot wall of water and has sent coastal residents fleeing for higher ground and shuttered major financial markets . Hurricane Sandy began veering...
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The Herald Times
| 7 months ago
From Washington to Boston, big cities and small towns Sunday buttoned up against the onslaught of a superstorm that could endanger 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor in the nation, with forecasters warning that the New York area...
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Sky News
| 7 months ago
Authorities have ordered the evacuation of 375,000 people on the east coast of the United States ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Sandy. New York mayor Michael Bloomberg launched the mandatory evacuation and said 72 centres had been set up around...
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Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
Joe Bel Bruno Wall Street is shutting down as Hurricane Sandy barrels down on the East Coast Both the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market will suspend trading on Monday and indicated they might stay closed Tuesday. This would be the...
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DAWN
| 7 months ago
New York authorities ordered the evacuation on Sunday of 375,000 people from low-lying coastal areas as the imminent arrival of Hurricane Sandy forced the entire eastern seaboard into lockdown mode. More than 7,400 flights out of east coast hubs were...
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New Zealand Infotech Weekly
| 7 months ago
Despite the megastorm, travel agents contacted this afternoon, including House of Travel, Flight Centre and Go Holidays said there had been no flight cancellations from New Zealand to the United States. Nonetheless House of Travel commercial director...
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KTUV
| 7 months ago
Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012 Craig Ruttle Shena Morris, left, stands with her son Lydonn Hickman, 11, center, while they wait for a subway train as they prepare to leave the Coney Island section of New York Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. New York City shut down its...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
Downed banana trees lie on a farm damaged by the heavy rains from Hurricane Sandy in Gran Goave, Haiti, Oct. 26, 2012. AP Watch Mike Strobel loads sand bags for his business, Mike's Carpet Connection, as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast,...
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The Boston Globe
| 7 months ago
The system that carries 5 million riders on an average weekday sits anywhere from one story to 180 feet underground. While pumps clear 13 million to 15 million gallons of water out of the subway on an average day, they would likely be overwhelmed if...
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The Independent
| 7 months ago
New York City's transit system shut down this evening and mandatory evacuation orders were issued for swaths of the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States as a potentially calamitous storm barrelled down on a region of 60 million people. Governor...
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GMA News
| 7 months ago
Manhattan's Battery Park City near Wall Street is among the at-risk zones under a mandatory evacuation order, with officials urging residents to seek accommodations inland or to shelter in one of more than 70 schools and other buildings serving as...
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Arizona Daily Sun
| 7 months ago
The Associated Press The Associated Press 1 hour ago Associated Press Big cities from Washington to Boston buttoned up on Sunday against the onslaught of a superstorm that could menace some 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor...
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Celebuzz
| 7 months ago
On Sunday, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered a mandatory evacuation of some 375,000 people who reside in coastal areas. The subway system is also scheduled to shut down beginning at 7PM ET. Millions of people in target zones that include...
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Mail Online UK
| 7 months ago
Currently United Airlines have cancelled 5 inbound and 5 outbound flights tomorrow. 'The flights are affecting those along the East Coast, places including New York, Washington and New Jersey...Anyone travelling to these places should check with...
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Russia Today
| 7 months ago
With driving winds of up to 112 km per hour and heavy rain, Tropical Storm Isaac has passed over Haiti killing 8, taking two more lives in the Dominican Republic. Storm Isaac is expected to strengthen to hurricane force by the time it hits Florida...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 7 months ago
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered the compulsory evacuation of 375,000 people in low-lying areas threatened by Hurricane Sandy. This is a serious and dangerous storm,'' Bloomberg told a news conference on Sunday afternoon as he ordered the...
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Arizona Daily Sun
| 7 months ago
The Associated Press The Associated Press 34 minutes ago Associated Press New York City announced the closings of its mass transit and school systems, both the nation's largest, and ordered residents to leave some low-lying areas Sunday ahead of...
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Times of India
| 7 months ago
President Barack Obama said on Sunday that he did not expect that Hurricane Sandy would have an impact on voting for the November 6 election but suggested it was something that would have to be examined later. "We don't anticipate that at this point,...
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National Public Radio
| 7 months ago
Sandy was headed north Sunday from the Caribbean, where it left more than 50 people dead. It was expected to come ashore late Monday or early Tuesday after colliding with a wintry storm from the west and cold Arctic air from the north...The Category...
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The Globe & Mail
| 7 months ago
Jenny Lind and her dog Greta run away from a wave that comes up the beach as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Ocean City, Md. Downed banana trees lie on a farm damaged by the heavy rains from Hurricane Sandy in...
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Inquirer.net
| 7 months ago
Sunday as Hurricane Sandy bore down on the east coast after claiming 66 lives in the Caribbean. Forecasters warned of catastrophic impacts from the mid-Atlantic to southern New England as the historic storm crashes ashore late Monday or early Tuesday,...
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The New York Times
| 7 months ago
Bloomberg of New York ordered evacuations of some low-lying areas of the cities because of a higher storm surge. Noting that it was unsafe to operate trains in high winds, Mr. Cuomo said the shutdown was also intended as a signal to discourage New...
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NY1
| 7 months ago
As Hurricane Sandy approaches New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered mandatory evacuations of the city's low-lying Zone A by 7 p.m. Governor Andrew Cuomo also announced this morning that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's subway and...
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The Guardian
| 7 months ago
Andrew Cuomo said the transit system will reopen about 12 hours after Sandy has passed through possibly on Wednesday. Photograph: Keith Bedford/Reuters New York City's subway and bus services are due to grind to halt from Sunday night as a precaution...
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United Press International
| 7 months ago
Deadly Hurricane Sandy menaced the East Coast Sunday, with millions of people in at least seven states and the District of Columbia under emergency warnings...EDT advisory that the Category 1 hurricane, blamed for at least 58 deaths in the Caribbean,...
