New York: The nor'easter, as promised, brought gusting winds, rain, snow and the threat of flooding. It menaced travelers with icy roads, snarled the Long Island Rail Road and knocked out power to people who had only recently gotten it back after Superstorm Sandy. But for the weary, relief is on the way. Joey Picca, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, says the unwelcome snow and high winds are...
03:50 PM, Nov 08, 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: Richard Chan prowled around his cold, dark Staten Island home with knives and a sword to protect it from thieves, standing his ground as another East Coast storm threatened and police went through neighborhoods with loudspeakers warning people to get out. "I still have some valuables. I just can't leave it," he said Tuesday. "I just don't want to lose my stuff to some dirtbag." While city officials...
11:06 AM, 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: For the first time, voters in some counties in New York may get an extra day to vote if disruptions caused by Superstorm Sandy prevent enough people from showing up at the November 6 Presidential polls, a state official has said. County election officials could ask the New York state Board of Elections to allow polls to reopen for another day if the turnout on Tuesday is less...
05:37 PM, Nov 05, 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
As Hurricane Sandy pounded the eastern coast of the United States, the campaign dynamics of the presidential elections changed dramatically even though temporarily. During Sandy, ...
11:29 PM, Nov 04, 2012
In this week's episode of The Week That Wasn't, Cyrus Broacha also talks about US elections, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. ...
06:01 PM, Nov 04, 2012
New York: New York City crime dropped by a third in the days after superstorm Sandy, but there was a slight increase in burglaries after at least 15 people were charged with looting empty businesses and homes blacked out since the disaster. Between Monday - when the storm hit, killing 41 people in the city - and Friday, murder dropped by 86 per cent, rape fell 44 per cent, robbery...
09:32 AM, Nov 04, 2012
New York: While power returned to much of Manhattan and fuel supplies were headed for the disaster zone, residents of some of the hardest-hit areas faced a long wait for electricity and help after superstorm Sandy's devastating strike on the US Northeast. With the US presidential election just three days away, at least 3.5 million homes and businesses remained without power in a region choked with storm debris and long...
02:54 AM, Nov 04, 2012
San Francisco: Twitter users flocked to the micro-messaging network this week as Hurricane Sandy swept through the eastern US seaboard, sending more than 20 million tweets about the storm between Saturday and Thursday, the company said. This far exceeds the 13.7 million tweets sent during the Super Bowl in February, typically the largest media event of the year. Founded in 2006, Twitter has sought to position itself as a "second...
02:58 PM, Nov 03, 2012
New York: Frustration grew for superstorm Sandy's victims in the U.S. Northeast on Friday, many of whom were left with no power, no gasoline and little information about when their shattered lives might return to normal. While Manhattan prepared to host the annual New York City Marathon on Sunday, acute gasoline shortages in the city's storm-battered outer boroughs and New Jersey led to long lines and short tempers. Tankers finally...
11:20 PM, Nov 02, 2012
It appears the political truce is over. After dialing back his criticisms of President Barack Obama during superstorm Sandy, Republican candidate Mitt Romney is back on the attack. On Thursday, Romney turned battleground Virginia into a battlefield. Taking on the supporters of the President, Romney said, "I know that the Obama folks are chanting four more years, four more years. But our chant is this: five more days, five more ...
03:44 PM, Nov 02, 2012
US President Barack Obama got back to his election campaign on Thursday after spending three days away from poll-related activities to focus on the devastating storm Sandy and its aftermath. Obama had suspended his election campaign on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in view of the superstorm that devastated the country's Eastern Coast, claiming as many as 55 lives and leaving more than eight million people out of power. ...
03:35 PM, Nov 02, 2012
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01:39 PM, Nov 02, 2012
This week on World View, we track the US elections, who is ahead in the race for the White house and will hurricane Sandy impact the US elections? ...
12:55 PM, 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
New Delhi: Superstorm Sandy seems to have done a whole lot of good to President Barack Obama's bid to retain his Presidency. Obama, who found himself trailing by 0.7 per cent behind Republican candidate Mitt Romney, who garnered 47.7 per cent votes in a poll conducted by realclearpolitics.com on October 26, is now tied with his rival. The devastation caused by Sandy and Obama's relief and rescue operations seems to...
10:52 AM, Nov 02, 2012
