New York City is still facing major disruption from ‘superstorm’
Sandy. Up to 40,000 people have been
driven from their homes, public transport is still severely disrupted, and 130,000
residents are still without electricity.
Across New York State, there are another 600,000 without
power, as well as nearly a million in New Jersey. The storm is thought to have caused 106
deaths in the USA, including 40 in New York City, and another 69 in the
Caribbean.
At 900 miles wide, Sandy was the largest storm ever seen in
the Atlantic. It hit the Big Apple with
a record 14 foot tidal surge, shutting down the subway system, and closing
nearly all the road tunnels and bridges, virtually isolating Manhattan. The National Guard had to be called out to
deliver emergency supplies.
Only last year, a report from the
New York State Energy Research and Development Corporation had delivered a
warning of how devastating a major storm combined with a tidal surge could be
for the City.
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