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Tips on preparing for East Coast superstorm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By The Associated Press The Federal Emergency Management Agency offers tips on how to prepare for Hurricane Sandy and other tropical storms. Sandy is expected to be especially disastrous when it merges with a winter storm system, bringing powerful winds, rain, snow and storm surge along the

HURRICANE SANDY: Death Toll Rises, Bridges Start To Reopen

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

UPDATE: It could be days before people in much of the Northeast can see their lives start to return to normal, in the aftermath of a storm that has left at least 39 people dead. More than 8.2 million people across the East are without power. New York City was especially hard hit, its subways shut

HURRICANE SANDY DEATH TOLL NOW AT 55

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

UPDATE: The Navy is sending 3 helicopter carrier ships to shores of NYC and New Jersey to provide assistance. PREVIOUS STORY: NEW YORK (AP) - The death toll from superstorm Sandy is now at least 55 people along the Atlantic Coast. Meanwhile, communities are slowly recovering from

NYC schools, transit closing ahead of storm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - New York City shut down its mass transit system, closed its schools and ordered hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes Sunday in the face of increasingly dire predictions about the wall of water that could hit the nation's largest

Northeast buttons up against terrifying megastorm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By ALLEN G. BREED and WAYNE PARRYAssociated Press SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (AP) - Tens of thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the Northeast buttoned up against the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 50 million people in the

Obama balancing storm response with campaigning

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By JULIE PACEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has spent months trying to balance his re-election bid with running the government. Now, just when his campaign needs him the most, with little more than a week before the election, his official job is beckoning. Republican

Obama balancing storm response with campaigning

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

AP PHOTOS: Images of the approaching superstorm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By The Associated Press Big waves washed over roads in Virginia and flooded parts of coastal Maryland as Hurricane Sandy headed north. Across the Northeast, people boarded up windows and filled sandbags in preparation for the hybrid storm system. Forecasters warned that the megastorm could

Megastorm could wreak havoc across 800 miles of US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By ALLEN G. BREED and WAYNE PARRYAssociated Press SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (AP) - Tens of millions of people in the eastern third of the U.S. in the path of the unprecedented freak storm had hours Sunday to prepare for the first raindrops that were expected later in the day, to be followed over the

East Coast storm wreaks havoc on presidential race

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By JOSH LEDERMAN and STEVE PEOPLESAssociated Press CELINA, Ohio (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama frantically sought to close the deal with voters with precious few days left in an incredibly close race as this year's October surprise - an