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Shocking images show desperate New Yorkers digging through dumpsters for food as downtown Manhattan embarks on fourth night without power
New Yorkers have resorted to digging through filthy dumpsters for food ahead of their fourth night without power and, for many, without water. Shocking images captured groups of residents sifting through garbage outside a Key
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Hurricane Sandy May Score a Direct Hit On Spent Fuel Pools at Nuclear Plant
Preface: We hope and expect that the severity of the hurricane is being overblown, and that the nuclear plants in the Northeast will ride out the storm without any incident. We noted
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The $100 Billion Storm: 17 Things You Should Know About Hurricane Sandy
Meteorologists are warning that Hurricane Sandy could potentially be the worst storm to hit the east coast of the United States in 100 years. Do you remember "the perfect storm" back in 1991?
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Manhattan goes dark + + 6 MILLION without power + + 14 dead as Superstorm Sandy throws a 13 foot wall of water at US coast
New York City looks like the set of a disaster movie this morning after a night of being battered by Superstorm Sandy. It hit the mainland at 6.30pm local time last night having laid
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More than a Dozen Nuclear Plants Near Hurricane Sandy’s Path Brace for Impact
“Because of the size of [Hurricane Sandy], we could see an impact to coastal and inland plants,” Neil Sheehan, a spokesman based in Philadelphia for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said by phone today.
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Megastorm Prompts State Emergencies and Mandatory Evacuations
As what some are calling the 'storm of the century' approaches, Governors of northeastern states are each declaring a state of emergency and demanding mandatory evacuations along the coastal areas
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