Hurricane Sandy

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Hundreds Evacuated From NYC Hospital

Backup generator fails at NYU Tisch

(Newser) - As superstorm Sandy lashed New York City, a New York University hospital had to move out more than 200 patients after its backup generator failed when the power was knocked out. Dozens of ambulances lined up outside NYU Tisch Hospital last night as doctors and nurses began the slow process...

NJ Nuclear Plant Declares Alert After Storm Surge

Oyster Creek plant still safe, NRC says

(Newser) - America's oldest nuclear plant has declared an alert amid rising water levels from superstorm Sandy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission says. The alert, the second-lowest of the four NRC action levels, was issued after water levels at New Jersey's Oyster Creek nuclear power plant rose more than six feet...

Lights Out Across Manhattan
 Lights Out Across Manhattan 
Oct 29, 2012 9:05 PM CDT

Lights Out Across Manhattan

Con Ed cuts power for safety reasons

(Newser) - Large swaths of Manhattan and Brooklyn went dark tonight because of Sandy, reports DNA Info . Con Ed deliberately shut down power stations to prevent damage from flooding, including one that services the area of the New York Stock Exchange. The AP says more than 250,000 in Manhattan alone lost...

'Superstorm' Sandy Makes Landfall

The hurricane gets bigger and messier, but weaker

(Newser) - Forecasters say the center of Superstorm Sandy has roared ashore on the New Jersey coast, packing high winds and a life-threatening storm surge. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the center of the enormous storm made landfall at 8pm near Atlantic City, after it was reclassified from a hurricane...

Sandy Wreaks Havoc All Along Coast

Cars underwater in Atlantic City

(Newser) - Superstorm Sandy is battering coastal communities tonight with storm surges, downpours, and high winds, causing power outages and evacuation orders from Vermont to Virginia. No longer officially a hurricane, Sandy is starting to merge with two cold fronts, becoming bigger and messier but slightly weaker, sustaining winds of 85mph, according...

Sandy's High Winds Leave Crane Dangling

Inspectors arrive at luxury NYC high-rise

(Newser) - A construction crane atop a $1.5 billion luxury high-rise in midtown Manhattan collapsed in high winds today and dangled precariously, prompting plans for engineers and inspectors to climb 74 flights of stairs to examine it as a huge storm bore down on the city. The harrowing inspection task was...

Preacher Blames Sandy on Gays and Obama

Romney also at fault, blogs John McTernan

(Newser) - The real cause of Hurricane Sandy has nothing to do with weather patterns: It's the fault of gay people and President Obama, who supports marriage equality, writes an extreme-right Christian preacher on his blog . "God is systematically destroying America," writes John McTernan, according to the Huffington Post...

Sandy May Delay October Jobs Report
Sandy May Delay October Jobs Report
Oct 29, 2012 1:28 PM CDT

Sandy May Delay October Jobs Report

GOP cries foul, Labor Dept. says it's working hard to avoid it

(Newser) - The Labor Department started a brief uproar today when it said it might have to put off releasing Friday's jobs report for October because of Hurricane Sandy. That sent off a firestorm among conservative pundits, who sensed an election ploy, Politico reports. Breitbart News' editor-at-large said it would be...

Obama 'Not Worried' About Sandy's Effect on Election

But 'millions of people' will be affected

(Newser) - President Obama is assuring Americans that there has been "extraordinarily close coordination" between state, local, and federal officials in the response to Hurricane Sandy, he said in a press conference this afternoon. But "millions of people are going to be affected," he cautioned. "The most important...

Sandy Already Costing Billions: Everything's Closed

Plus: banks, newspapers temporarily waive fees

(Newser) - Hurricane Sandy is already making a serious dent in the US economy: All kinds of businesses in its path have closed. "Business interruption is the biggest impact, at least until we see what happens in terms of property damage," which could cost some $15 billion, says an analyst....

Classy Louis CK Cancels Show Over Sandy

But Lindsay Lohan's reaction to storm? Not so classy

(Newser) - Louis CK was supposed to perform in New York last night, but ultimately decided it was safer to cancel considering the threat of Hurricane Sandy was already hovering over the city. And, as you might expect from the comedian who’s done all this , CK handled the cancellation with his...

Will Sandy Rain on Campaign?
 East Coast Braces for Sandy 
Oct 29, 2012 7:35 AM CDT

East Coast Braces for Sandy

Storm could toss election up in the air

(Newser) - Want to hear God laugh? Make a plan in the path of a Category 1 Frankenstorm. Sandy is disrupting lives and presidential campaign schedules all along the East Coast. Here's what's happening:
  • Both President Obama and Mitt Romney have canceled events in Virginia, and Obama today canceled a
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Weather Service Issues Gruesome Storm Warning

'Think of your remains,' says NJ statement

(Newser) - Sometimes you gotta get tough with stubborn New Jersey folks. So officials from the National Weather Service were a tad gruesome in their warning to residents to get out of low-lying areas now before Hurricane Sandy hits, reports BuzzFeed . After running down a list of reasons it makes no sense...

Hundreds of Thousands Told to Evacuate

New York, Delaware, NJ, and Connecticut make it mandatory

(Newser) - With Hurricane Sandy headed their way, state and local officials along the East Coast have told hundreds of thousands of people to flee low-lying areas, NBC News reports. Among those given mandatory evacuation orders:
  • 375,000 New Yorkers, including about 45,000 in public housing—where elevator services, hot water,
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Massive Flooding Is the 'Worst Case Scenario'

Rain, high tides, giant waves could drench eastern seaboard

(Newser) - The projected storm surge from Hurricane Sandy is a "worst case scenario" with devastating waves and tides predicted for the highly populated New York City metro area, government forecasters said today. The more they look, the more the experts worry about the water—which usually kills and does more...

McCain: Libya Worse Cover-Up Than Watergate
 McCain: Libya 
 Worse Cover-Up 
 Than Watergate 
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Oct 28, 2012 12:42 PM CDT

McCain: Libya Worse Cover-Up Than Watergate

Political tongues wag over Sandy's effect on election

(Newser) - In a world gone mad over Sandygeddon , at least we can turn on our televisions and find the comforting spectacle of politicians bickering. The looming hurricane, the looming election, and Libya dominated today's political talk shows, with John McCain leading the GOP's charge on the White House's...

NYC Shuts Transit Ahead of Sandy

MTA closing down at 7pm tonight as storm approaches

(Newser) - New York City will indeed shut its bus, subway, and commuter rail services in advance of Hurricane Sandy, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said today. Subways and trains will be suspended starting at 7pm today, with the last buses running at 9pm. He said the decision to shut down the area's...

60M Will Feel Sandy&#39;s Wrath
 60M Will Feel Sandy's Wrath 
Oct 28, 2012 8:43 AM CDT

60M Will Feel Sandy's Wrath

East Coast readies for Frankenstorm, as Obama, Romney cancel events

(Newser) - With evacuations in full swing as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the US, officials are predicting big numbers of people will feel her wrath, reports the AP . "We're looking at impact of greater than 50 to 60 million people," says a top NOAA official. A look around...

Evacuations Launched as Sandy Closes In

Residents in Delaware and New Jersey told to leave

(Newser) - With forecasters saying Hurricane Sandy may be the worst East Coast storm ever, governors from North Carolina to Connecticut have declared states of emergency and New York City officials say they might shut down the subway tomorrow, the AP reports. In Delaware, officials have ordered 50,000 to evacuate along...

5 Reasons Why Sandy Will Be a Superstorm

The moon will affect Sandy's impact, forecasters say

(Newser) - With airlines bracing for chaos and state officials declaring states of emergency , Hurricane Sandy is looking ominous. The AP runs down five reasons why:
  1. Sandy is a massive system that will affect a huge swath of the eastern US, regardless of exactly where it hits or its precise wind speed.
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