NYU Hospital Evacuated After Backup Generator Goes Down
New York University Langone Medical Center was evacuated Monday night, after power went out and generators subsequently began to go down.
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New York University Langone Medical Center was evacuated Monday night, after power went out and generators subsequently began to go down.
Numerous bridges have been shut and power has been cut to parts of lower Manhattan.
Residents should be prepared to be without power for seven to 10 days, LIPA officials warned.
At a news conference, Malloy urged anyone trapped in their home by water to move to the highest point possible. That includes the roof for those in single-floor homes, Malloy said.
s Superstorm Sandy raged, nearly 2.7 million customers in the New York City metro area were without power Monday night – a number nearly equivalent to the entire population of the city of Chicago.
In a confirmation of the fears of Metropolitan Transportation Authority, subway tunnels and stations flooded Monday evening as water rushed through Battery Park and other areas.
Superstorm Sandy is being blamed for five confirmed deaths in New York State, including at least one in New York City in which a tree fell on a house in Queens.
Hurricane Sandy is bringing flooding and punishing winds to our area.
All subways, Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road service was suspended Sunday and it will remain that way until further notice. Bus service was also suspended.
Hurricane Sandy is battering the Tri-State Area, prompting bridge and tunnel closures around New York City.
The top of the crane, about 75-stories up, could be seen dangling down from next to the luxury building.
The damage has exposed four apartments to the elements and to onlookers on the street below.
Auto manufacturing is back in America – especially in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania because President Obama made the politically risky decision to bailout the auto industry after bailing out the banks. It was a decision that worked. Obama was right, Romney was wrong. So Romney is now in full lying mode. He is trying to retroactively re-write the wrongs in his writings.
President Barack Obama said Hurricane Sandy was a storm that will affect millions of people and urged Americans to heed warnings from state and local officials.
