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Sandy and storm surge pose 'worst case scenario'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By SETH BORENSTEINAP Science Writer KENSINGTON, Md. (AP) - The projected storm surge from Hurricane Sandy is a "worst case scenario" with devastating waves and tides predicted for the highly populated New York City metro area, government forecasters said Sunday. The more they observe it, the

Sandy and storm surge pose 'worst case scenario'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

Eastern US braces for dangerous superstorm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By ALLEN G. BREED and JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Big cities from Washington to Boston buttoned up on Sunday against the onslaught of a superstorm that could menace 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor in the nation, with forecasters warning New York could

Sandy and storm surge pose 'worst case scenario'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

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

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

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

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) - Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular track. Wherever it hits, the behemoth storm plodding up the East Coast will afflict a third of the country with sheets of rain,

US superstorm threat launches mass evacuations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 28th

By ALLEN G. BREED and WAYNE PARRYAssociated Press SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (AP) - Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular track. Wherever it hits, the rare behemoth storm inexorably gathering in the eastern U.S. will afflict a third of the country