Hurricane Sandy: The Day After 10/30/2012
Get the latest updates on the destruction left behind by the storm
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Hurricane Sandy, the superstorm that yesterday became the largest storm to make landfall north of North Carolina, has left an estimated 6 to 7 million East Coast residents without power and caused millions of dollars worth of damage.
Sandy, which weakened considerably as it moved inland, is now a tropical storm centered around southern Pennsylvania, about 90 miles west of Philadelphia.
We’ll continue to monitor and collect information on Sandy here throughout today, with a particular emphasis on the damage she has left behind. -
Current location of Tropical Storm Sandy, as of 7 a.m. EDT. Image courtesy of NASA and Weather Underground.
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The Associated Press is reporting 16 deaths from the storm, including seven in New York, which President Barack Obama has declared a federal disaster area, along with Long Island.
The more southern and eastern areas of New York City were among the hardest hit. Storm surge and near-record rainfall caused widespread flooding, while high winds knocked out power for more than a million of the city’s residents at various times throughout the night, according to power utility Con Edison.
“This is the largest storm-related outage in our history," said Con Edison Senior Vice President for Electric Operations John Miksad. The previous record was the more than 200,000 outages caused by Hurricane Irene in 2011. As of 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, about 634,000 New York City residents were without power. -
Metrobus & Metrorail service remains suspended this morning, as we inspect our infrastructure & check on our service areas #wmataby metroopensdoors via twitter 10/30/2012 12:06:49 PM -
The cost of this storm is incalculable at this point.by Governor Christie via twitter 10/30/2012 12:07:13 PM -
RT @aubreyjwhelan: Heading onto the boardwalk now. Wind is unreal. #sandynj pbs.twimg.com
by PhillyInquirer via twitter 10/30/2012 12:07:35 PM -
#HurricaneSandy update: there are 1.2 million people in PA without power.by governorcorbett via twitter 10/30/2012 12:08:17 PM -
#NYS POWER OUTAGE report 8am: 1,943,090 NYers w/out power from #Sandyby Andrew Cuomo via twitter 10/30/2012 12:08:53 PM -
The surge was so strong we have rail cars on the Jersey Turnpike this morning. #Sandy.by Governor Christie via twitter 10/30/2012 12:09:21 PM
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CNN has confirmed over 7 million customers are without power due to #Sandy.by CNNweather via twitter 10/30/2012 12:09:41 PM -
#SandyDC winding down Tue less wind, still rainy...details NBC4, nbcwashington.com & StormTeam4 app... a.m. Radar: pbs.twimg.com
by ChuckBell4 via twitter 10/30/2012 12:10:47 PM -
New top #snow total from Superstorm #Sandy: 26" in Redhouse, MD, in Garrett County.by twc_hurricane via twitter 10/30/2012 12:11:53 PM -
Heavy rain band over immediate DC area w/ some gusty winds slowly pivoting towards eastern suburbsby capitalweather via twitter 10/30/2012 12:12:41 PM -
The magnitude of the flooding in is unprecedented. Had to take substations out of service + have to wait for flood waters to recede.by PSE&G via twitter 10/30/2012 12:14:17 PM -
New Jersey is among the worst state hit by Sandy. Even before the storm made landfall, cities in the state’s south experienced significant flooding from storm surge pushed inland by Sandy.
Gov. Chris Christie ordered the state’s coastal areas to be evacuated and at a briefing before landfall lambasted the mayor of coastal Atlantic City for urging residents to hunker down in shelters instead of evacuate.
“"For whatever reason, Mayor Langford urged people to stay in shelters in the city, despite my admonition to evacuate," Christie said, adding that Langford and some Atlantic City residents were upset about an evacuation last year.
“Now I’m going to have federal and state emergency personnel going in there … with live down electrical wires all over the place risking their lives. Because Mayor Langford was worried some of his people were angry? That’s not leadership everybody.”
An estimated 2.4 million people lost power in New Jersey due to the storm, Christie said Tuesday morning. It is the largest outage ever in the state, according to energy utility PNEG. -
Governor Chris Christie says 2.4 million are without power in New Jersey, 95% of Newark without power - @todayshowby Breaking News Storm via twitter 10/30/2012 12:18:13 PM -
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The National Guard is here in Atlantic City. #sandynj #sandyinphilly pbs.twimg.com
by aubreyjwhelan via twitter 10/30/2012 12:37:42 PM -
Eerie, flooded streets in Atlantic City, two hours after landfall. No wind and only a light rain falling. #sandynj pbs.twimg.com
by aubreyjwhelan via twitter 10/30/2012 12:38:21 PM -
Please stay inside and stay safe. Tree limbs and downed wires are very dangerous. #Sandyby NYC Mayor's Office via twitter 10/30/2012 12:40:45 PM -
#Sandy latest: Levee breaks in New Jersey town, as many as 1,000 people could need to be evacuated: on.wsj.comby fieldproducer via twitter 10/30/2012 12:42:25 PM -
No flights this morning at #DCA and #IAD. Confirm or rebook directly with your airline. Onsite airport staffing very limited. Will update.by dcairports via twitter 10/30/2012 12:44:37 PM -
RT @EliFromBrooklyn: Multiply this scene by three and that's what #Sandy did to our block in Brooklyn: twitpic.com
by twc_hurricane via twitter 10/30/2012 12:45:20 PM -
Here is your current peak wind gusts (this hour) across Ontario: pbs.twimg.com
by CBC Weather Centre via twitter 10/30/2012 12:47:23 PM -
BREAKING -- Connecticut Gov. Malloy says 2 killed, including firefighter, and 2 others missing due to Sandyby mpoppel via twitter 10/30/2012 12:48:17 PM -
There are around 375,000 people in the DMV without power right now.by DMVFollowers via twitter 10/30/2012 12:48:49 PM -
President declares major disaster in New York, New Jersey. #sandyby WeatherBug via twitter 10/30/2012 12:50:09 PM -
RT @lisafleisher: Here comes the sun! View from the beach/boardwalk in #AtlanticCity #sandy #bluesky(ish) pbs.twimg.com
by Joseph Weisenthal via twitter 10/30/2012 12:50:41 PM -
Pres Obama up late monitoring the wrath of Sandy's wind, rain & storm surges. NJ Gov Chris Christie says he spoke to the pres at midnight.by Mark Knoller via twitter 10/30/2012 12:52:49 PM -
Photo: Old town Alexandria, VA flooding. Worst flooding since early 90s. pbs.twimg.com (@lisa_dyke) #Sandy
by weeddude via twitter 10/30/2012 12:54:38 PM -
RT @NPRrussell: Power outage comparison: #Sandy: 7 million+; Irene: 6 million; Derecho: 4.2 million; Ike: 3.9 million; Katrina 2.7 millionby jeffbradynpr via twitter 10/30/2012 12:55:17 PM -
National Hurricane Center:
There are high-wind warnings in effect, including gale force winds over the coastal waters of the Mid-Atlantic states, New York, and New England. Storm warnings are in effect for portions of the Mid-Atlantic coastal waters. Flood and flash flood watches and warnings are in effect over portions of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states. -
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8th Street & Avenue C. Alphabet City is underwater #sandy pbs.twimg.com
by JustinBrannan via twitter 10/30/2012 1:14:04 PM -
Times Square ads are still flashing, but there are few spectators to see them. #sandy #stormwsj instagr.am
by rubinafillion via twitter 10/30/2012 1:16:04 PM -
#stormwsj This one is quite creepy... UN lights and everything south of Empire State Building out. pbs.twimg.com
by jenni_gilbert via twitter 10/30/2012 1:16:43 PM -
Photo: Funtown Pier at Seaside Park in New Jersey is decimated twitpic.com (@MildlyAmused) #Sandy
by weeddude via twitter 10/30/2012 1:19:50 PM -
Metro will restore rail and bus service on a Sunday schedule at 2 p.m. today, normal service likely tomorrow.by postmetro via twitter 10/30/2012 1:21:25 PM -
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was unhappy with the mayor of Atlantic City, but he had better things to say of President Barack Obama:
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RT @katiezez: More remnants of the inlet boardwalk (no casinos here) in Atlantic City. instagr.am
by weeddude via twitter 10/30/2012 1:26:08 PM -
Post-tropical #cyclone #sandy image via @noaasatellites GOES-East #satellite instagr.am
by Andrew Cuomo via twitter 10/30/2012 1:41:34 PM -
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Latest satellite/radar view of the expansive Superstorm #Sandy. pbs.twimg.com
by twc_hurricane via twitter edited by Seth Cline 10/30/2012 1:48:52 PM -
Estimated* outages by state:
New York: 1.8 million
New Jersey: 2.4 million
Pennsylvania: 1.2 million
Connecticut: 615,000
Massachusetts: 300,000
Maryland: 290,000
New Hampshire: 179,000
Virginia: 131,000
West Virginia: 128,000
Rhode Island: 115,000
Maine: 86,000
Delaware: 45,000
Washington, DC: 25,000
North Carolina: 6,600
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“I live in Greenwich Village and so am sitting here without power on a waning laptop battery. This storm is certainly a preview of the future. For example, the surge at the Battery was about 12 feet as I understand it. Toward the end of this century, adding in sea level rise and stronger storms, it would be 17 feet according to a projection we made and published earlier this year in Nature Climate Change.
The current situation is a total mess. Imagine the disaster with 5 more feet of water. We need to be better prepared for this prospect but we also need to cut our greenhouse gas emissions, or that future will become inevitable.”
-Michael Oppenheimer
Department of Geosciences and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Princeton University
