Northeast US revives as floods, outages continue
November 1, 2012, Thursday
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The US Northeast began crawling back to normal yesterday after monster storm Sandy crippled transportation, knocked out power for millions and killed more than 50 people in nine states with a massive storm surge and rain that caused epic flooding.
Financial markets reopened with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, and packed buses took residents back to work with the subway system halted after seawater flooded its tunnels.
John F. Kennedy and Newark airports reopened with limited service after thousands of flights were canceled, leaving travelers stuck for days. New York's LaGuardia Airport, the third of the airports that serve the nation's busiest airspace, was flooded and remained closed.
It will take days or weeks to recover from the massive power and mass transit outages.
The storm killed 27 people in New York state, including 22 in New York City, and six in New Jersey. Seven other states reported fatalities. Sandy killed 69 people in the Caribbean last week before it slammed into the US East Coast and pushed inland, dumping snow in the Appalachian Mountains and other inland areas.
Remnants of the storm churned slowly over Pennsylvania yesterday, the National Weather Service said. Winter storm warnings were in effect from southwestern Pennsylvania to eastern Tennessee.
Battered by a record storm surge of nearly 4.2 meters of water, large sections of New York City remained submerged under several feet of water. In the city's borough of Staten Island, police used helicopters to pluck stranded residents from rooftops.
Across the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey, members of the National Guard arrived to help residents pump floodwater from their homes, the city said on Twitter.
More than 8.2 million homes and businesses remained without electricity across several states after trees toppled by fierce winds tore down power lines.
In New Jersey, Governor Chris Christie said it could take seven to 10 days before power was restored statewide.
Subway and commuter tunnels under New York City, which carry several million riders a day, were under several feet of water.
In the lower half of Manhattan, a quarter of a million residents remained without power after a transformer explosion at a Con Edison substation on Monday night. New York City likely will struggle without subway service for days, officials said. Buses were operating on a limited basis and many were walking long distances or scrambling to grab scarce taxi cabs on the streets.
Sunday's New York Marathon will go on as scheduled, but Wednesday night's Halloween parade through Greenwich Village was postponed. On Broadway, the Theater League announced that most shows were resuming performances yesterday. Shows had been canceled since Sunday due to the storm.
In New Jersey, Christie took a helicopter tour of the devastation on Tuesday along the shore, where boats were adrift, boardwalks washed away and roads blocked by massive sand drifts. "I was just here walking this place this summer, and the fact that most of it is gone is just incredible," he said at one stop.
Financial markets reopened with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, and packed buses took residents back to work with the subway system halted after seawater flooded its tunnels.
John F. Kennedy and Newark airports reopened with limited service after thousands of flights were canceled, leaving travelers stuck for days. New York's LaGuardia Airport, the third of the airports that serve the nation's busiest airspace, was flooded and remained closed.
It will take days or weeks to recover from the massive power and mass transit outages.
The storm killed 27 people in New York state, including 22 in New York City, and six in New Jersey. Seven other states reported fatalities. Sandy killed 69 people in the Caribbean last week before it slammed into the US East Coast and pushed inland, dumping snow in the Appalachian Mountains and other inland areas.
Remnants of the storm churned slowly over Pennsylvania yesterday, the National Weather Service said. Winter storm warnings were in effect from southwestern Pennsylvania to eastern Tennessee.
Battered by a record storm surge of nearly 4.2 meters of water, large sections of New York City remained submerged under several feet of water. In the city's borough of Staten Island, police used helicopters to pluck stranded residents from rooftops.
Across the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey, members of the National Guard arrived to help residents pump floodwater from their homes, the city said on Twitter.
More than 8.2 million homes and businesses remained without electricity across several states after trees toppled by fierce winds tore down power lines.
In New Jersey, Governor Chris Christie said it could take seven to 10 days before power was restored statewide.
Subway and commuter tunnels under New York City, which carry several million riders a day, were under several feet of water.
In the lower half of Manhattan, a quarter of a million residents remained without power after a transformer explosion at a Con Edison substation on Monday night. New York City likely will struggle without subway service for days, officials said. Buses were operating on a limited basis and many were walking long distances or scrambling to grab scarce taxi cabs on the streets.
Sunday's New York Marathon will go on as scheduled, but Wednesday night's Halloween parade through Greenwich Village was postponed. On Broadway, the Theater League announced that most shows were resuming performances yesterday. Shows had been canceled since Sunday due to the storm.
In New Jersey, Christie took a helicopter tour of the devastation on Tuesday along the shore, where boats were adrift, boardwalks washed away and roads blocked by massive sand drifts. "I was just here walking this place this summer, and the fact that most of it is gone is just incredible," he said at one stop.
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