The United States has experienced the highest average temperatures in 2012, making it hottest year in the continents history. "The average temperature for 2012 was 55.3 F, 3.2 F above the 20th century average, and 1.0 F above 1998, the previous warmest year," the National Climate Data Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said. ...
11:15 AM, Jan 09, 2013
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band opened an all-star benefit concert for victims of Superstorm Sandy on Wednesday, in what producers promised was "the greatest line-up of legends ever assembled on a stage." The "12-12-12" concert at New York's Madison Square Garden features a who's who of rock and pop, including The Rolling Stones, Alicia Keys, Chris Martin, Billy Joel, Eric Clapton, Kanye West and Bon Jovi. ...
09:02 AM, Dec 13, 2012
New York: New York City and much of the US Northeast on Thursday dug out from a snowstorm that hammered a region still struggling to recover from the devastation of superstorm Sandy. The unseasonably early winter storm dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of Connecticut and slapped the region with 50 mph winds, plunging hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses back into darkness and creating a...
01:29 AM, Nov 09, 2012
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
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
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
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
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
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
As the US struggles to cope with the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, it's back to the campaign trail for Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. The duo have been on the campaign trail in battleground states like Ohio that was not by the storm. ...
10:32 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
