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Sandy’s “Mammoth” Wake: 46 Dead, Millions Without Power (1350L)

Notes on my thoughts,

likely much higher. NBC News meteorologist Bill Karins said cleanup and restoration

reactions and questions as I

of power could continue "right up through Election Day."

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A massive fire destroyed at least 100 homes in Breezy Point, a seaside community in

Queens, N.Y. Firefighters had difficulty reaching the blaze because of the severe

weather. The cause of the fire wasn't immediately known.

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Ten subway tunnels under the East River in New York were flooded, leading the

Metropolitan Transit Authority to declare: "The New York City subway system is 108

years old, but it has never faced a disaster as devastating as what we experienced last

night." Subway service was unlikely to resume for four to five days, Bloomberg said.

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PATH train service between Manhattan and New Jersey is likely to be suspended for

seven-10 days, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said.

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At least four towns in north New Jersey were submerged by up to 6 feet of water after a

levee broke.

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New York University Medical Center evacuated 215 patients to other hospitals because

its backup generator was out. Coney Island Hospital was also being evacuated Tuesday,

Bloomberg said.

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The storm surge destroyed homes, boats and other property in beach communities like

Long Beach Island, N.J., and Fire Island, N.Y. Sand several blocks inland remained

after the water receded.

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More than 18,000 flights have been canceled so far, and New York City's airports

remained closed Tuesday. Amtrak canceled all of its Northeast Corridor rail service, in

addition to some other lines.

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A half-dozen nuclear power plants were shut down or otherwise affected, while the

nation's oldest facility declared a rare "alert" after the record storm surge pushed flood

waters high enough to endanger a key cooling system.

It remained impossible to put a dollar value on Sandy's destruction. Insured losses alone will run

from $7 billion to $15 billion, according to an estimate published late Tuesday by AIR

Worldwide, a catastrophe modeling firm. "I think the losses will be almost incalculable," Christie

said on NBC's TODAY show.

About 90,000 customers were without power Tuesday in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and

Quebec, the Energy Ministry said. At least one death was reported in Toronto after a woman in

her 50s was hit in the head by a sign Monday night, NBC News Channel reported.

Sandy hit the mountains of West Virginia and North Carolina with full-blown blizzards, part of a

storm-generated snow system stretching as far west as Kentucky and Ohio, where several inches

of snow fell in Champaign County.

Officials said the 14 to 16 inches that blanketed Newfound Gap, on the Tennessee-North

Carolina line, was believed to be biggest October snowfall on record. Parts of eastern Virginia

were under a blizzard warning through Wednesday morning, with snowfall at 1 to 2 inches an

hour expected.

Johnson, M. A. & Llanos, M. Sandy’s “mammoth” wake: 46 dead, millions without power. Available at

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