| Superstorm Sandy cuts power to 8.1 million homes Oct 30th 2012, 16:12  NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 8.1 million U.S. homes and businesses were without power on Tuesday after Hurricane Sandy tore down power lines, flooded electrical networks and sparked an explosion at a Consolidated Edison substation on Manhattan's East River. About a quarter of New York City's homes and businesses were without power 15 hours after Hurricane Sandy roared ashore accompanied by a nearly 14-foot (4.2-metre) tidal surge that flooded empty subway and highway tunnels. Con Edison warned parts of New York City would be without power for a more than a week. ...
|  | Superstorm Sandy cuts power to 8.1 million homes Oct 30th 2012, 16:12 NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 8.1 million U.S. homes and businesses were without power on Tuesday after Hurricane Sandy tore down power lines, flooded electrical networks and sparked an explosion at a Consolidated Edison substation on Manhattan's East River. About a quarter of New York City's homes and businesses were without power 15 hours after Hurricane Sandy roared ashore accompanied by a nearly 14-foot (4.2-metre) tidal surge that flooded empty subway and highway tunnels. Con Edison warned parts of New York City would be without power for a more than a week. ... | | New York City subway likely out for 4 to 5 days: mayor Oct 30th 2012, 16:11 (Reuters) - New York City's subway is likely to be out of service for another four to five days after monster storm Sandy, Mayor Bloomberg said on Tuesday. The mayor said at a press conference that the city was hoping to resume limited bus service on Tuesday and full bus service on Wednesday. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said at a separate press conference that all bus fares would be suspended on Tuesday. New York City experienced 23 fires during the storm, with a severe one in Breezy Point, Queens, that burned more than 80 houses. ... | | New York City subway likely out for 4 to 5 days: mayor Oct 30th 2012, 16:11 (Reuters) - New York City's subway is likely to be out of service for another four to five days after monster storm Sandy, Mayor Bloomberg said on Tuesday. The mayor said at a press conference that the city was hoping to resume limited bus service on Tuesday and full bus service on Wednesday. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said at a separate press conference that all bus fares would be suspended on Tuesday. New York City experienced 23 fires during the storm, with a severe one in Breezy Point, Queens, that burned more than 80 houses. ... | | Obama cancels third campaigning day to oversee storm response Oct 30th 2012, 15:35  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will stay in Washington on Wednesday to oversee the response to Hurricane Sandy, canceling another day of campaigning roughly a week before Election Day, the White House said on Tuesday. "The president will remain in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday to monitor the response to Hurricane Sandy and ensure that all available federal resources continue to be provided to support ongoing state and local recovery efforts," White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement. ...
| | Obama cancels third campaigning day to oversee storm response Oct 30th 2012, 15:35 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will stay in Washington on Wednesday to oversee the response to Hurricane Sandy, canceling another day of campaigning roughly a week before Election Day, the White House said on Tuesday. "The president will remain in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday to monitor the response to Hurricane Sandy and ensure that all available federal resources continue to be provided to support ongoing state and local recovery efforts," White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement. ... | | East Coast power outages from Hurricane Sandy reach 8.1 million Oct 30th 2012, 15:20  (Reuters) - East Coast electric companies say outages from Hurricane Sandy so far have hit more than 8.1 million homes and businesses, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said in a report early on Tuesday. Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey at about 8 p.m. EDT on Monday, the DOE said. New Jersey was the hardest hit state with about 2.5 million customers out, about 62 percent of the state total. ...
| | East Coast power outages from Hurricane Sandy reach 8.1 million Oct 30th 2012, 15:20 (Reuters) - East Coast electric companies say outages from Hurricane Sandy so far have hit more than 8.1 million homes and businesses, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said in a report early on Tuesday. Sandy made landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey at about 8 p.m. EDT on Monday, the DOE said. New Jersey was the hardest hit state with about 2.5 million customers out, about 62 percent of the state total. ... | | New Jersey PATH train likely out for at least a week: Governor Oct 30th 2012, 15:01 (Reuters) - The New Jersey PATH train service between New York City and New Jersey is likely to be suspended for at least a week to 10 days, the state's governor, Chris Christie, told a news conference on Tuesday. Still, commuters will be able to get to New York, Christie said, since ferry service should be restored before then, and highways will be open. (Reporting by Martinne Geller in New York; Editing by Leslie Gevirtz) | | New Jersey PATH train likely out for at least a week: Governor Oct 30th 2012, 15:01 (Reuters) - The New Jersey PATH train service between New York City and New Jersey is likely to be suspended for at least a week to 10 days, the state's governor, Chris Christie, told a news conference on Tuesday. Still, commuters will be able to get to New York, Christie said, since ferry service should be restored before then, and highways will be open. (Reporting by Martinne Geller in New York; Editing by Leslie Gevirtz) | | South Dakota to execute man for 1990 murder of nine-year-old girl Oct 30th 2012, 14:27 (Reuters) - A man convicted of raping and murdering a 9-year-old girl after kidnapping her from a convenience store in 1990 is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Tuesday night in South Dakota, the state's second execution this month. Donald Moeller, 60, who had declared his innocence and fought for two decades to prevent his execution, admitted during a court hearing in early October that he had committed the crime and stopped appeals that would further delay his death sentence from being carried out. His execution is scheduled for 10 p.m. ... | | South Dakota to execute man for 1990 murder of nine-year-old girl Oct 30th 2012, 14:27 (Reuters) - A man convicted of raping and murdering a 9-year-old girl after kidnapping her from a convenience store in 1990 is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Tuesday night in South Dakota, the state's second execution this month. Donald Moeller, 60, who had declared his innocence and fought for two decades to prevent his execution, admitted during a court hearing in early October that he had committed the crime and stopped appeals that would further delay his death sentence from being carried out. His execution is scheduled for 10 p.m. ... | | Sandy leaves unprecedented challenges for New York City subways Oct 30th 2012, 13:56 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The giant storm Sandy wreaked havoc on the New York City subway system, flooding tunnels, garages and rail yards and threatening to paralyze the nation's largest mass-transit system for days. "The New York City subway system is 108 years old, but it has never faced a disaster as devastating as what we experienced last night," Joseph Lhota, the chairman of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, said in a statement early on Tuesday. ... | | Sandy leaves unprecedented challenges for New York City subways Oct 30th 2012, 13:56 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The giant storm Sandy wreaked havoc on the New York City subway system, flooding tunnels, garages and rail yards and threatening to paralyze the nation's largest mass-transit system for days. "The New York City subway system is 108 years old, but it has never faced a disaster as devastating as what we experienced last night," Joseph Lhota, the chairman of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, said in a statement early on Tuesday. ... | | Sandy leaves 145,000 Canadians without power, one dead Oct 30th 2012, 13:51  (Reuters) - Sandy toppled trees and power lines in the Canadian province of Ontario, leaving at least 145,000 people without power on Tuesday, including 55,000 in Toronto, the country's financial center. Strong winds whipped up debris, killing a Toronto woman on Monday. The Toronto Stock Exchange was set to remain open, making it a North American island of equity trading for the second successive day, with U.S. stock markets closed. Numerous flights on Air Canada, WestJet Airlines, Porter Airlines and other carriers between the U.S. ...
| | Crew woman dies after HMS Bounty replica sinks Oct 30th 2012, 13:50  (Reuters) - A crew woman who was pulled from the water after the replica ship HMS Bounty sank during Hurricane Sandy has died, a spokesman for a North Carolina hospital said on Tuesday. Fourteen other crew members were rescued from life rafts in the Atlantic Ocean and the Coast Guard was still searching for the ship's captain. Claudene Christian, 42, was unresponsive when rescuers pulled her from the sea and hoisted her aboard a Coast Guard helicopter on Monday afternoon. She was taken to Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, where she died, spokesman Patrick Detwiler said. ...
| | Hurricane Sandy disrupts Northeast U.S. telecom networks Oct 30th 2012, 13:39 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Power outages and flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy disrupted telecommunications services on Tuesday and coverage was spotty for everything from cellphones and home telephones to Internet services in Northeastern states. Verizon Communications said in the early hours of Tuesday that its wireline service was suffering as flooding in its central offices in lower Manhattan affected its back-up generators and batteries. The company said that its engineers were on site during the night and were beginning to assess damage. ... | | Hurricane Sandy disrupts Northeast U.S. telecom networks Oct 30th 2012, 13:39 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Power outages and flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy disrupted telecommunications services on Tuesday and coverage was spotty for everything from cellphones and home telephones to Internet services in Northeastern states. Verizon Communications said in the early hours of Tuesday that its wireline service was suffering as flooding in its central offices in lower Manhattan affected its back-up generators and batteries. The company said that its engineers were on site during the night and were beginning to assess damage. ... | | Hurricane Sandy losses worse than Irene: disaster forecasters Oct 30th 2012, 13:08  (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy appears to have easily caused more losses than last year's Hurricane Irene, but final totals will be hard to come by for some time because of the scale of the disaster, catastrophe forecasting companies said on Tuesday. Sandy left millions without power, caused widespread flooding that may shut New York City's subways for days, and killed potentially dozens of people up and down the U.S. east coast. RMS, one of the three primary firms used by the insurance industry to calculate disaster exposures, indicated that Sandy should outdo the roughly $4. ...
| | Sandy takes down Huffington Post, Gawker websites Oct 30th 2012, 12:15 (Reuters) - Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit eastern United States, flooded servers of Datagram Inc in New York City, bringing down several media websites it hosts, including Huffington Post and Gawker. "We are continuing to battle flooding and fiber outages in downtown New York and Connecticut," a notice posted on Datagram's website said. http://r.reuters.com/wat63t "Verizon and other carriers in the area are down as well. Generators are unable to pump fuel due to the flooding in the basements," Datagram said. ... | |
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