New York Subway System Takes Hit from Sandy
Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Aaron Donovan(NEW YORK) — Superstorm Sandy flooded parts of the New York City subway system, rail yards and bus depots, creating what officials are calling the biggest disaster of its 108 years in existence.
&ld…
Tanker Run Aground by Superstorm Sandy
ABC(STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.) — Powerful storm surges from Superstorm Sandy caused a nearly 170-foot water tanker to run aground in Staten Island, N.Y., on Monday night.
The front third of the tanker is grounded into Front Street. The city’s waterfro…
Tanker Run Aground by Superstorm Sandy
ABC(STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.) — Powerful storm surges from Superstorm Sandy caused a nearly 170-foot water tanker to run aground in Staten Island, N.Y., on Monday night.
The front third of the tanker is grounded into Front Street. The city’s waterfro…
Tanker Run Aground by Superstorm Sandy
ABC(STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.) — Powerful storm surges from Superstorm Sandy caused a nearly 170-foot water tanker to run aground in Staten Island, N.Y., on Monday night.
The front third of the tanker is grounded into Front Street. The city’s waterfro…
Tanker Run Aground by Superstorm Sandy
ABC(STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.) — Powerful storm surges from Superstorm Sandy caused a nearly 170-foot water tanker to run aground in Staten Island, N.Y., on Monday night.
The front third of the tanker is grounded into Front Street. The city’s waterfro…
Hurricane Sandy Destroys Atlantic City Boardwalk
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.) — It’s hard to imagine anything challenging the iconic images of the Atlantic City boardwalk, with its rough and tumble lifestyle glamorized in shows like HBO’s Boardwalk Empire.
But as Hurric…
Hurricane Sandy Destroys Atlantic City Boardwalk
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.) — It’s hard to imagine anything challenging the iconic images of the Atlantic City boardwalk, with its rough and tumble lifestyle glamorized in shows like HBO’s Boardwalk Empire.
But as Hurric…
Hurricane Sandy Destroys Atlantic City Boardwalk
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.) — It’s hard to imagine anything challenging the iconic images of the Atlantic City boardwalk, with its rough and tumble lifestyle glamorized in shows like HBO’s Boardwalk Empire.
But as Hurric…
Hurricane Sandy Destroys Atlantic City Boardwalk
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.) — It’s hard to imagine anything challenging the iconic images of the Atlantic City boardwalk, with its rough and tumble lifestyle glamorized in shows like HBO’s Boardwalk Empire.
But as Hurric…
Superstorm Sandy Creates Disaster Zone, Leaving 5 Million Without Power
Flooded House NJ (@eewolff609)(NEW YORK) — 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 Jer…
Sandy Crashes Ashore in New Jersey
NASA GOES Project(NEW YORK) — A ferocious superstorm named Sandy barrelled ashore Monday evening, crashing into New Jersey with high winds and a powerful surge of flood waters. It made landfall just south of Atlantic City.The National Oceanic and Atmo…
Superstorm Sandy Ship Rescue Fills Chopper with Cheers
U.S. Coast Guard(ELIZABETH CITY, N.C.) — Cheers filled a Coast Guard rescue helicopter Monday each time its crew plucked sailors from the churning sea roiled up by Hurricane Sandy, but one sailor from the stricken tall ship HMS Bounty was in critical …
NYC Construction Crane Snaps in Hurricane Sandy, Prompting Evacuation Orders
@cmwdotme(NEW YORK) — A construction crane atop of a New York City luxury high-rise building buckled and dangled dangerously over midtown Manhattan Monday amid high winds from Hurricane Sandy, prompting New York City officials to order residents in ne…
NYC Construction Crane Snaps in Hurricane Sandy, Prompting Evacuation Orders
@cmwdotme(NEW YORK) — A construction crane atop of a New York City luxury high-rise building buckled and dangled dangerously over midtown Manhattan Monday amid high winds from Hurricane Sandy, prompting New York City officials to order residents in ne…
Travel Plans at a Standstill as Hurricane Sandy Approaches
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — As a large section of the nation sits at a standstill as Hurricane Sandy makes its way up the East Coast, traffic in and out of airports and train stations from North Carolina to Boston has been virtually shut down, …
Hurricane Sandy to Put 50 Million People at Risk
EVA HAMBACH/AFP/Getty ImagesUPDATES: Hurricane Sandy has turned 30 degrees more to the West, and heading straight towards to East Coast. The storm is now 201 miles southeast from Atlantic City, where it is expected to make landfall tonight between 1…
Hurricane Sandy: ‘Don’t Be Stupid, Get Out And Go To Higher, Safer Ground,’ Officials Said
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Tens of thousands of people in coastal areas have been ordered to evacuate their homes before Hurricane Sandy pounds the eastern third of the United States with life-threatening storm surges, forceful winds and rainfal…
Hurricane Sandy: States Scramble to Prepare For Superstorm
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Hurricane Sandy is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge flooding to the Mid-Atlantic coast and could wreak havoc for days across 800 miles of the United States, impacting tens of millions of people in th…
Hurricane Sandy: States Scramble to Prepare For Superstorm
Digital Vision/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Hurricane Sandy is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge flooding to the Mid-Atlantic coast and could wreak havoc for days across 800 miles of the United States, impacting tens of millions of people in th…
Hurricane Sandy: New Jersey Warned of 7- to 10- Day Power Outages
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — As Hurricane Sandy loomed off the East Coast, some residents of New Jersey were warned to prepare for 7- to 10-day power outages, and portable generators are selling out all up and down the Atlantic Seaboard as people …