A high-speed commuter ferry carrying hundreds of passengers crashed into a pier near Wall Street during the morning rush hour on Wednesday, injuring 57 people, two critically, authorities said. ...
12:45 AM, Jan 10, 2013
The new Congress on Friday rushed out $9.7 billion to help pay flood insurance claims to 115,000 people and businesses afflicted by Superstorm Sandy, two days after New Jersey's governor and other Northeast Republicans upbraided Speaker John Boehner for killing a broader package for state and local governments in the storm's path. ...
04:06 AM, Jan 05, 2013
A freight train derailed on Friday on a railroad bridge that has had problems before, toppling tanker cars partially into a creek and causing a leak of hazardous gas that was blamed for sickening dozens of people, authorities said. ...
08:35 AM, Dec 01, 2012
More than a dozen people are being evaluated for possible respiratory problems after a freight train derailed on a bridge in southern New Jersey and dumped several tanker cars carrying hazardous materials into a creek. ...
09:09 PM, Nov 30, 2012
London: HSBC, Britain's biggest bank, is at the centre of a major Revenue and Customs investigation after it opened offshore accounts in Jersey for "serious criminals" living in the country, The Telegraph reported on Saturday. The tax authorities have obtained details of every British client of HSBC in Jersey after a whistleblower secretly provided a detailed list of names, addresses and account balances earlier this week, the paper claimed. The...
10:36 AM, Nov 10, 2012
New York: A nor'easter blustered into New York and New Jersey on Wednesday with rain and wet snow, plunging homes right back into darkness, stopping commuter trains again and inflicting another round of misery on thousands of people still reeling from Superstorm Sandy's blow more than a week ago. Under ordinary circumstances, a storm of this sort wouldn't be a big deal, but large swaths of the landscape were still...
07:18 AM, Nov 08, 2012
New York: New York and New Jersey ordered the evacuation of nursing homes and low-lying coastal areas already devastated by deadly Superstorm Sandy as a smaller but still powerful Nor'easter approached from the Atlantic Ocean. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg closed parks and beaches and temporarily halted outdoor construction ahead of the storm, which was pelting the Washington area with ice pellets on Wednesday and whipping up seas as...
10:50 PM, Nov 07, 2012
Point Pleasant, New Jersey: Election Day turnout was heavy on Tuesday in several storm-ravaged areas in New York and New Jersey, a welcome change from crisis to catharsis for many who saw exercising their civic duty as a sign of normalcy amid lingering devastation. Lines were long in Point Pleasant, NJ, where residents from the Jersey Shore communities of Point Pleasant Beach and Mantoloking had to cast their ballots due...
01:27 AM, Nov 07, 2012
New York: Residents of New York and New Jersey, the two US states worst hit by the superstorm Sandy, braved near freezing temperatures and adjusted to changes in polling procedures as they came out in large numbers to vote for the country's next president on Tuesday. Amid concerns that the devastation caused by last week's hurricane Sandy will impact voter turnout in the northeast states, including Connecticut, officials put in...
10:35 PM, Nov 06, 2012
New York: Shivering victims of superstorm Sandy went to church on Sunday to pray for deliverance as cold weather settling in across the New York metropolitan region - and another powerful storm forecast for the middle of the week - added to their misfortunes and deepened the gloom. With overnight temperatures sinking into the 30s and hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses still without electricity six days after Sandy...
09:54 AM, Nov 05, 2012
New Jersey: A four-year-old Indian-American boy was mowed down by a speeding car driven by a woman at a traffic intersection here, police said. The victim, Dhyanesh, son of Balaji Jeyakannan, was struck by the car and killed on the spot at the junction of Jefferson Avenue and Central Avenue yesterday. The mishap occurred when the child, holding his mother Nagarani Nagarajan's hand, was crossing the road after the stop...
11:48 AM, Nov 02, 2012
Many New Yorkers have been without electricity since Monday as the US braced for superstorm Sandy. While power has been restored in 3.2 million homes, 4.8 homes still remain without power. Meanwhile, the US Presidential campaigns are in full swing. ...
11:00 AM, Nov 02, 2012
Several iconic installations in New Jersey have been destroyed by superstorm Sandy which hit the US on Monday night. ...
10:45 AM, Nov 02, 2012
In the US, 88 people have died due to superstorm Sandy and nine states still remain badly hit. The Metropolitan Transit Authority says nine of 23 subway lines are still not running. Much of Manhattan remains in the dark. ...
10:22 AM, Nov 02, 2012
The megastorm Sandy, demoted from the position of hurricane, has been ravaging the East Coast of the US for the last three days. As of ...
04:45 PM, Nov 01, 2012
Pittsburg: The most devastating storm in decades to hit the country's most densely populated region upended man and nature as it rolled back the clock on 21st-century lives, cutting off modern communication and leaving millions without power Tuesday as thousands who fled their water-menaced homes wondered when - if - life would return to normal. A weakening Sandy, the hurricane turned fearsome superstorm, killed at least 50 people, many hit...
01:05 PM, Oct 31, 2012
Washington: Millions of people awoke to scenes of destruction wrought by Sandy after the powerful storm smashed into the eastern United States, destroying buildings, flooding streets, and cutting power to parts of the nation's most densely populated regions. Deaths At least 39 people were reported killed in eight states along the eastern seaboard by Sandy, which dropped just below hurricane status before making landfall on Monday night in New Jersey....
05:36 AM, Oct 31, 2012
Washington: Superstorm Sandy will end up causing about $20 billion in property damages and $10 billion to $30 billion more in lost business, according to IHS Global Insight, a forecasting firm. In the long run, the devastation the storm inflicted on New York City and other parts of the Northeast will barely nick the US economy. That's the view of economists who say a slightly slower economy in coming weeks...
01:19 AM, Oct 31, 2012
New York: 01.57 am IST: Sandy and its aftermath continue to wreak havoc on air travel. At Chicago O’Hare International Airport, airlines have canceled close to 500 flights to and from the East Coast. Locally, some local flights are experiencing delays because of strong winds. 01.40 am IST: About 7.915 million customers are without power in 15 states and the District of Columbia, according to figures compiled by CNN from...
09:20 PM, Oct 30, 2012
Superstorm Sandy has put in limbo the US Presidential campaign. Both contenders, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have cancelled their election rallies. Obama called off a tour of key states Florida and Ohio. He's at the White House overseeing his government's response to the emergency. ...
02:40 PM, Oct 30, 2012
