Sandy

National Hurricane Preparedness Week (NOAA Photo)

Hurricane center: Beware of the storm surge

MIAMI (AP) — During a hurricane, storm surge is one of the greatest threats to life and land, yet many people don’t understand the dire warnings from forecasters to get out of its way. So […]

2013/05/25

Tickets on sale for Lady Liberty’s July 4 opening

NEW YORK (AP) — The Statue of Liberty is reopening July 4 after Superstorm Sandy flooded the island where it stands. The statue has been closed since Sandy struck the region on Oct. 29 and […]

2013/05/09

Workers at the National Hurricane Center. (AP Photo)

Sandy criticism prompts change in storm warnings

MIAMI (AP) — Responding to criticism after Superstorm Sandy, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday it would change the way it warns people about tropical storms that morph into something else.

2013/04/04

A couple walks past destruction from superstorm Sandy on Route 35 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey

NJ hires unemployed to fix Sandy damage in parks

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A plan to repair Superstorm Sandy damage in its state parks and beaches with unemployed workers will give work to about 1,000 people, New Jersey officials said Monday.

2013/03/18

Cars piled up under damaged boardwalk after superstorm Sandy, Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York

Report: Sandy was USA’s 2nd-costliest hurricane

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Superstorm Sandy was the deadliest hurricane to hit the northeastern U.S. in 40 years and the second-costliest in the nation’s history, according to a report released Tuesday.

2013/02/12

Report: Sandy’s winds felt as far west as Wis.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Superstorm Sandy not only caused destruction up and down the East Coast, it also created wind gusts as far west as Wisconsin and as far north as Canada.

2013/02/12

Should worst-flooded areas be left after Sandy?

SEA BRIGHT, N.J. (AP) — Superstorm Sandy, one of the nation’s costliest natural disasters, is giving new urgency to an age-old debate about whether areas repeatedly damaged by storms should be rebuilt.

2013/01/21

Sandy-battered NJ residents allowed to return home

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — Nine weeks after Superstorm Sandy sent them fleeing, residents of some of the hardest-hit parts of the New Jersey shore can go home again.

2013/01/07

House approves $9.7 billion in Sandy flood aid

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than two months after Superstorm Sandy struck, the House on Friday overwhelmingly approved $9.7 billion to pay flood insurance claims for the many home and business owners flooded out by the storm.

2013/01/04

Senate approves $60.4 billion Sandy aid bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved a $60.4 billion emergency spending package for Hurricane Sandy recovery. The 61-33 vote Friday sends the measure to the House, where the bill faces uncertain prospects.

2012/12/28

Family cottages, traditions may die with Sandy

BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) – Families that inherited small homes on the Jersey Shore over the years are trying to decide whether it is possible to repair or rebuild after Superstorm Sandy.

2012/12/11

Power crews are making progress after storms

(AP) – People in the Northeast are seeing some progress following back-to-back storms. For the first time in 11 days, almost all of Connecticut’s homes and businesses have power. Fewer than 20,000 New York City […]

2012/11/09

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