Sandy. When we all opened our eyes this morning after experiencing firsthand the unrelenting power of last nights recordbreaking hurricane, the more than light revealed unimaginable destruction in sandys wake. Make no mistake about it. This was a devastating storm, maybe the worst that we have ever experienced. The level of devastation at the jersey shore is unthinkable. The death toll tonight, at least 30 people have died across eight states. Nearly 8 Million People in the northeast and the mid atlantic are without power tonight, and the estimated costs of the storm, and its only fair to say, this is only preliminary, given that the destruction is still being evaluated. Right now were already looking at as much as 20 billion, and that is only for lost business and Property Damage. The destruction is not over, because look at this picture. This is new jersey. Floodwaters have turned neighborhoods into islands there. For many people, the only way out is by boat. Of course, there has bee
Downed power liens started this fire. The big problem for the firefighters, a lack of water appreciate your. 50 homes have burned to the ground. Two dozen more are in the process of burning. We are following the story for you as the day continues. Well have more information on that. More to tell you about, including floods and Power Outages. New york city brought to its knees in a large way. Superstorm sandy was an epic weather event, many people are calling it. Millions of lives have been disrupted now. A transformer explosion happened at a con ed plant about 15 blocks from where im standing right now. What that has done is put basically this neighborhood in Lower Manhattan completely in the dark. They were concerned about this transformer so theyve shut it off as well. That has plunged tens of thousands, people here but more than 600,000 people across new york and into Westchester County are without power today. Backup generator failed at nyu langone Medical Center, probably about 35
Cold weekend ahead watching next tuesday for a coastal storm with late accumulating snow and wind possible today morning rain snow mix. Windy and cold. Pm flurries possible. Highs 4348 winds nw 1020 g 30 tonight clear and very cold. Feeling like the Single Digits and low teens. Lows 1823 winds nw 1015 mph saturday mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Cold breezy. Highs 3440 winds nw 515 mph toss to suzanne toss to julie map breaking overnight the south korean president impeached. And the decision leading to deadly protests. Jummy olabanji is following it all the live desk. Koreas Constitutional Court unanimously ruled to uphold the impeachment of President Park geunhye goonhay she is now the countrys first democratically elected leader to be ousted from office. Park and her life long friend were implicated in a corruption scandal. The ruling now opens her up to possible criminal proceedings. Immediately following the courts decision, protests on the streets of seoul turned deadly. Supporters
The team had the opportunity to relax to enjoy the victory the other night as they sweat the Boston Red Sox that he had a time mondaye and then to be prepared for playoff baseball friday. This is what tito said. We spent the night in boston which im glad that we did probably good that we did there we came back here they ha yesterday off the staff was reintroduced to toronto. Both teams came into the series have been swept their opponents and their series. See what happens, it is a lot of fun to anticipate,e, john telic start time for the first three games have been released, game one at Progressive Field i friday at italy pm, saturday 4 08 p. M. Game three is next monday at italy pm there will b televised on pbs. Looking for a hotel room may be out of luck thanks to blue jays fans just after they clinc the championship, they say the hotel rooms than walking distancee began filling up fast start last year there were 12 photos with 3000 rooms now 15 with 4700 rooms a 24 percent increase.
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