Hurricane Sandy: Live Updates
4:58 PM EDT: AP increases nationwide death toll from Sandy to 39.
4:42 PM EDT: In a sign of the times, the Montclair, N.J. city council will open its chambers to the public on Wednesday, so residents without power can charge their cell phones.
3:42 PM EDT: New York City cancels Wednesday’s Halloween parade, for the first time 39 years.
2:58 PM EDT: “My message to governors and mayors and through them the communities hit so hard, we’re going to do everything we can to get resources to you and make sure any unmet need is responded to as soon as possible,” said President Obama at Red Cross HQ in Washington.
2:56 PM EDT: MTA announces limited bus service returning to New York City beginning this evening at 5 pm.
2:37 PM EDT: At Red Cross HQ, President Obama warns of more flooding, saying: “This storm is not yet over.”
2:35 PM EDT: Death toll rises to 38 across seven states, according to AP.
1:14 PM EDT: A spokesman for Rep. Bob Turner, a Republican from Queens, N.Y, confirms that the congressman’s home was among those burned in a series of storm-related fires that broke out in the Breezy Point section of the borough.
12:54 PM EDT: New York Stock Exchange confirms they will open tomorrow.
11:52 AM EDT: Firefighters using boats and military vehicles tell WABC-TV that they have “a couple hundred” more people to rescue in Little Ferry, N.J before high tide comes in again.
11:38 AM EDT: 20 people killed in storm-related deaths, says the Associated Press.
11:36 AM EDT: “We are cautiously optimistic Wall Street will reopen tomorrow,” says Cuomo.
11:34 AM EDT: Gov. Cuomo says JFK airport could re-open Wednesday, but La Guardia to remain closed because of damage. FEMA to send “unwatering” team to help pump water from tunnels.
11:30 AM EDT: MTA
Half-submerged cars float in a flooded parking lot in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in New York. (credit: Justin Lane/EPA)
won’t charge fares on N.Y.C busses, says Cuomo.
11:09 AM EDT: No storm-related deaths at any evacuated city hospitals, Bloomberg says.
11:05 AM EDT: Bloomberg announces re-opening of Eastside N.Y.C bridges.
11:05 AM EDT: “The two biggest challenges facing our city going forward are getting the mass transit system up and running and restoring power,” said Bloomberg. Estimates power and subway won’t be fully functioning for three to four days at least.
10:13 AM EDT: 2.4 million households without power in N.J., twice the number who lost electricity during 2011′s Hurricane Irene, says Christie.
10:10 AM EDT: “Our priority is to ensure safety and security of every New Jerseyan,” said N.J. Gov. Chris Christie, as helicopters and swift boats perform search and rescue operations along the coast.
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