MEGASTORM SANDY
MEGASTORM SANDY BATTERED THE US EAST COAST TUESDAY
WITH FIERCE WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS, KILLING AT LEAST 13 PEOPLE AND CAUSING A
POWER PLANT EXPLOSION, BESIDES UPROOTING TREES, POWER LINES AND PLUNGING MUCH
OF MANHATTAN IN DARKNESS.SANDY, ONE OF THE BIGGEST STORMS EVER TO HIT THE US,
BATTERED THE COASTLINE OF NEW JERSEY, WHERE A LARGE NUMBER OF INDIAN FAMILIES
RESIDE, WITH 80 MPH WINDS, PUSHING SEAWATER UP BY AN UNPRECEDENTED 13-FEET IN
NEW YORK CITY.FLOODS INUNDATED LARGE NUMBER OF AREAS IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
AND AN EXPLOSION AT A SUB-STATION ON THE EAST SIDE OF MANHATTAN'S MIDTOWN LEFT
500,000 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER.EYEWITNESSES SAID A HUGE BALL OF BLUE LIGHT EXPLODED
OVER MANHATTAN LAST NIGHT BELIEVED TO BE A POWERFUL BLAST AT CONSOLIDATED
EDISON STATION.THE US NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) DECLARED AN ALERT AT
THE OYSTER CREEK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN NEW JERSEY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN A
REGULARLY SCHEDULED OUTAGE, AS THE WATER LEVEL REACHED THE MINIMUM HIGH LEVEL
CRITERIA."WATER LEVEL IS RISING IN THE INTAKE STRUCTURE DUE TO A
COMBINATION OF A RISING TIDE, WIND DIRECTION AND STORM SURGE. IT IS ANTICIPATED
WATER LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO ABATE WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS," THE NRC
SAID.ACCORDING TO NRC, NO PLANTS HAD TO SHUT DOWN AS A RESULT OF THE STORM
ALTHOUGH SEVERAL PLANTS WERE ALREADY OUT OSERVICE FOR REGULARLY SCHEDULED
REFUELLING AND MAINTENANCE OUTAGES. ALL PLANTS REMAIN IN A SAFE CONDITION, WITH
EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE IF NEEDED AND NRC INSPECTORS ON-SITE.
THE STORM LEFT A TRAIL OF DEATH, AND THE TOLL IS
EXPECTED TO MOUNT. TWO PEOPLE PERISHED IN MENDHAM, NEW JERSEY, WHEN A TREE
STRUCK THEIR CAR, OFFICIALS SAID.IN NEW YORK STATE, AT LEAST SIX PERSONS WERE
KILLED, INCLUDING A 30-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO DIED WHEN A TREE FELL ON HIS HOUSE. TWO
PEOPLE DIED IN OTHER INCIDENTS.IT ALSO FLOODED GROUND-ZERO, THE SITE OF THE
9/11 TERROR ATTACKS HERE. THERE WAS ALSO REPORT OF DAMAGE TO FACADE OF A
BUILDING IN MANHATTAN. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN PENNSYLVANIA AND A WOMAN IN
MARYLAND DIED AFTER HYDROPLANING INTO A TREE, OFFICIALS SAID.AUTHORITIES
EVACUATED MORE THAN 200 PATIENTS AND STAFF OF A NEW YORK CITY HOSPITAL AFTER
ITS BACKUP GENERATOR FAILED WHEN THE POWER WAS KNOCKED OUT BY THE
SUPERSTORM.ACCORDING TO INITIAL ESTIMATES, THE DEVASTATION HAS RESULTED IN A
LOSS OF USD 10-20 BILLION. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA CANCELLED
HIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN SCHEDULE MID-WAY AND RUSHED BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO
PERSONALLY MONITOR THE SITUATION.
"I AM NOT WORRIED AT THIS POINT ABOUT THE
IMPACT ON THE ELECTION. I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE IMPACT ON FAMILIES, AND I'M
WORRIED ABOUT THE IMPACT ON OUR FIRST RESPONDERS. I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE IMPACT
ON OUR ECONOMY AND ON TRANSPORTATION," OBAMA TOLD REPORTERS AT A WHITE
HOUSE NEWS CONFERENCE SOON AFTER HE HELD A SITUATION ROOM MEETING ON THE
HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS. "YOU KNOW, THE ELECTION WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF
NEXT WEEK. RIGHT NOW, OUR NUMBER-ONE PRIORITY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
SAVING LIVES, THAT OUR SEARCH-AND-RESCUE TEAMS ARE GOING TO BE IN PLACE, THAT
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET FOOD, THE WATER, THE SHELTER THAT THEY NEED IN CASE OF
EMERGENCY, AND THAT WE RESPOND AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO GET THE ECONOMY BACK
ON TRACK," OBAMA SAID. MITT ROMNEY, HIS REPUBLICAN CHALLENGER IN THE
NOVEMBER 6 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, ALSO CANCELLED HIS CAMPAIGN.SANDY IS NO
LONGER A HURRICANE BECAUSE IT'S DRAWING ENERGY FROM TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES AND
NOT THE OCEAN, MAKING THE TRANSITION TO A SUPERSTORM THAT MAY PUSH A WALL OF
WATER ASHORE IN THE NORTHEAST AND LASH THE EAST WITH WIND AND RAIN.
JOHN F KENNEDY AIRPORT IN NEW YORK CITY AND OTHER
AIRPORTS IN THE REGION HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN WITH MORE THAN 13,000 FLIGHTS BEING
CANCELLED IN THE STORM AFFECTED AREAS.NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY REGISTERED A
RECORD LEVEL OF RAINFALL AND SHUT DOWN MAJOR TRANSPORTATION ARTERIES.EMERGENCY
HAS BEEN DECLARED IN CONNECTICUT, DELAWARE, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, MARYLAND,
MASSACHUSETTS, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA AND RHODE ISLAND. THE STORM
AFFECTED MORE THAN 50 MILLION PEOPLE ALONG THE ENTIRE EAST COAST FROM NORTH
CAROLINA TO NEW HAMPSHIRE.
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