New Yorkers awaken to a radically different city
New York faced a prolonged blackout after Hurricane Sandy with hundreds of thousands without power and transit largely halted. Mayor Bloomberg and Con Edison warned of days without electricity and a week for parts of the city to recover, as the stock exchange and bridges reopened gradually and residents adapted to life with limited services.
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Sandy storms ground Northeast travel and flights
Superstorm Sandy grounded over 18 000 flights worldwide as authorities closed New York areas including JFK and Newark. FlightAware shows more than 7 000 cancellations on Tuesday with widespread delays and limited service planned to resume at JFK and Newark by Wednesday.
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Romney Obama keep focus on Sandy relief as campaign pause
Romney and Obama pressed relief efforts amid superstorm Sandy fallout with days left in the race. Obama visited the Red Cross and urged swift aid with no red tape while Romney urged support for storm victims as volunteers gathered supplies along the Eastern Seaboard.
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West Virginia hit by snow storm with long power outages
A late Monday to Tuesday storm dumped up to 19 inches of snow in West Virginia and cut power to about 268000 customers at its peak. Dozens of roads closed and one storm related death was reported as utilities tracked outages from Appalachian Power and FirstEnergy subsidiaries Man Power and Potomac Edison.
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Hurricane Sandy knocks out quarter of cell towers across 10 states
Federal regulators said on Tuesday Hurricane Sandy knocked out about 25 percent of cell towers across 10 states from Virginia to Massachusetts. Many remaining towers run on generators and may run out of fuel before power is restored. Landline networks held up better though about a quarter of cable customers lack service. 911 centers mostly intact but may lack automatic location data.
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Nuclear reactors shut after storm Sandy hit U.S. grid
Three commercial reactors remained shut after superstorm Sandy with Indian Point Unit 3 also off grid. Nine Mile Point Unit 1 automatic shutdown occurred from a power line fault while Unit 2 tripped a line and kept producing power. Entergy reports Indian Point Unit 3 shut due to external grid issues.
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