Hurricane Sandy kills 32, takes estimated $20 billion toll on the city after deadly two-day attack
The storm killed at least 32 New Yorkers and is expected to cost more than 1992's Hurricane Andrew
Burned-out homes in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough New York after a fire on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. The tiny beachfront neighborhood told to evacuate before Sandy hit New York burned down as it was inundated by floodwaters, transforming a quaint corner of the Rockaways into a smoke-filled debris field.
It was the storm that made history and misery, left death andunprecedented destruction, crippled mass transit and tested the city’s mettle from the Bronx to Breezy Point.
Hurricane Sandy pounded the cityinto submission Tuesday, with officials reporting at least 32 NewYorkers killed during the storm’s lethal two-day attack and estimating damages at a staggering $20 billion.
The dead included a heroic city cop who drowned inside a flooded Staten Island basement after rescuing his girlfriend, infant and father; a dog-walker and her friend killed by a tree that fell in Brooklyn; a Manhattan woman who died when a power outage cut off her oxygen supply;and a man killed when a downtown mini-tsunami whipped across lower Manhattanand slammed him through a glass door. “Catastrophic or historic” were hardly overstatement when it came to Sandy.
But Mayor Bloomberg sounded the first note of optimism Tuesday evening: “We’re on the road to recovery” - even as officials warned that subway service would be out for three or four days and power out at least that long.
According to the risk assessment firm Equacat, the damage tab for Sandy should hit $20 billion - about double the total inflicted by Irene. The early guesstimate doesn’t include the possibility of repairing the water-soaked subway system, which could push the total above 1992’s destructive Hurricane Andrew.
Katrina’s price tag to the Gulf Coast climbed above $100 billion.
The imperfect storm shut down all city transit for a third straight day while inflicting the worse damage in the 108-year history ofthe subway system. Schools wereclosed, and remained shuttered again Wednesday.
The New York Stock Exchange was rained out for a second straight day - but opened for business as usual Wednesday. It was the first time the exchange closed for two consecutive days due to weather since 1888. It came after a storm surge nearly 14-feet high submerged the Financial District.
How ferocious were the rising waters across the city? Even the New York Aquarium was flooded.
Things were no better in the skies, even after Sandy and its 80 mph winds departed. More than 12,000 flights were canceled due to the hurricane, and all three major local airports were closed yet again despite only light rain and dissipating winds. Kennedy and Newark airports opened Wednesday, but LaGuardia remained closed.
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The storm killed at least 32 New Yorkers and is expected to cost more than 1992's Hurricane Andrew
Burned-out homes in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough New York after a fire on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. The tiny beachfront neighborhood told to evacuate before Sandy hit New York burned down as it was inundated by floodwaters, transforming a quaint corner of the Rockaways into a smoke-filled debris field.
It was the storm that made history and misery, left death andunprecedented destruction, crippled mass transit and tested the city’s mettle from the Bronx to Breezy Point.
Hurricane Sandy pounded the cityinto submission Tuesday, with officials reporting at least 32 NewYorkers killed during the storm’s lethal two-day attack and estimating damages at a staggering $20 billion.
The dead included a heroic city cop who drowned inside a flooded Staten Island basement after rescuing his girlfriend, infant and father; a dog-walker and her friend killed by a tree that fell in Brooklyn; a Manhattan woman who died when a power outage cut off her oxygen supply;and a man killed when a downtown mini-tsunami whipped across lower Manhattanand slammed him through a glass door. “Catastrophic or historic” were hardly overstatement when it came to Sandy.
But Mayor Bloomberg sounded the first note of optimism Tuesday evening: “We’re on the road to recovery” - even as officials warned that subway service would be out for three or four days and power out at least that long.
According to the risk assessment firm Equacat, the damage tab for Sandy should hit $20 billion - about double the total inflicted by Irene. The early guesstimate doesn’t include the possibility of repairing the water-soaked subway system, which could push the total above 1992’s destructive Hurricane Andrew.
Katrina’s price tag to the Gulf Coast climbed above $100 billion.
The imperfect storm shut down all city transit for a third straight day while inflicting the worse damage in the 108-year history ofthe subway system. Schools wereclosed, and remained shuttered again Wednesday.
The New York Stock Exchange was rained out for a second straight day - but opened for business as usual Wednesday. It was the first time the exchange closed for two consecutive days due to weather since 1888. It came after a storm surge nearly 14-feet high submerged the Financial District.
How ferocious were the rising waters across the city? Even the New York Aquarium was flooded.
Things were no better in the skies, even after Sandy and its 80 mph winds departed. More than 12,000 flights were canceled due to the hurricane, and all three major local airports were closed yet again despite only light rain and dissipating winds. Kennedy and Newark airports opened Wednesday, but LaGuardia remained closed.
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