On the anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie toured the state Tuesday to celebrate New Jersey’s progress in recovering from the devastating storm, but he also heard from residents whose lives are still in tatters.Visiting a flood-damaged …
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says New York is creating the nation’s first state gasoline reserve to prevent shortages during emergencies. Cuomo said Saturday that a pilot program on Long Island will hold 3 million gallons of fuel for motorists …
A year after Superstorm Sandy drove Deborah Dinan from her Milford, Connecticut, home, she lives above a loud bar and is often reduced to tears as she struggles to return. Dinan, a 59-year-old nurse on disability due to health problems, …
One year ago, Superstorm Sandy struck a dozen states in the Northeast and became the third costliest storm in U.S. history, after hurricanes Katrina and Andrew, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). “Every disaster offers lessons learned for future …
Superstorm Sandy made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone on the U.S. East Coast October 29, 2012 after cutting a destructive path through the Bahamas, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. Sandy is the deadliest windstorm to have …
Superstorm Sandy set several records and was unusual in even more ways. Here are 12 strange weather features of Sandy: 1. Size: With tropical-storm-force winds that extended for 1,000 miles, Sandy was the largest Atlantic system on record. However, meteorologists …
The forces of nature had been threatening the Oakwood Beach neighborhood in Staten Island, New York City, for years, flooding the streets every time it rained, sending crabs skittering into bungalows and swamping basements so regularly that it was just …
The Jersey shore’s small vacation bungalows and cottages have for decades staked out little plots of paradise where families who scrimped and saved could while away summer evenings, parents having drinks on the deck and kids working the ice cream …
Nearly a year after Superstorm Sandy, victims of the storm told a New Jersey state panel that insurance woes and bureaucratic red tape are doing just as much damage as the storm. At a New Jersey Senate hearing Monday in …
Bart Sutton fought with his insurance company for a year over what it would cost to rebuild his flood-damaged home, then gave up in frustration and tore it down. A week later, the money came through. Simone and Ken Dannecker …
