United States of America : Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline with 80 mph
winds Monday night and hurled an unprecedented 13-foot surge of seawater
at New York City, flooding its tunnels, subway stations and the
electrical system that powers Wall Street.
At least 14 U.S. deaths
were blamed on the storm, which brought the presidential campaign to a
halt a week before Election Day. also Sandy killed 66 people in the
Caribbean.
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For New York City at least, Sandy was not the dayslong
onslaught many had feared, and the wind and rain that sent water
sloshing into Manhattan from three sides began dying down within hours.
Still, the power was out for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers and
an estimated 5.7 million people altogether across the East. The full
extent of the storm's damage across the region was unclear, and unlikely
to be known until daybreak.
In addition, heavy rain and further
flooding remain major threats over the next couple of days as the storm
makes its way into Pennsylvania and up into New York State. Near
midnight, the center of the storm was just outside Philadelphia, and its
winds were down to 75 mph, just barely hurricane strength.
"It was nerve-racking for a while, before the storm hit. Everything was rattling," said Don Schweikert, who owns a bed-and-breakfast in Cape May, N.J., near where Sandy roared ashore. "I don't see anything wrong, but I won't see everything until morning." Continue Reading...
"It was nerve-racking for a while, before the storm hit. Everything was rattling," said Don Schweikert, who owns a bed-and-breakfast in Cape May, N.J., near where Sandy roared ashore. "I don't see anything wrong, but I won't see everything until morning." Continue Reading...
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