Huge tornado touches down near Oklahoma City, more forecast
A huge tornado touched down on Monday near Oklahoma City, and the National Weather Service urged residents to immediately take cover as a massive storm system in the middle of the country threatened to pummel as many as 10 states.
Federal government approves city’s plan for Sandy aid
The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved the city’s plan to spend $1.77 billion in aid for [...]
City will reimburse residents who repaired homes after Sandy
The city announced that it will distribute federal aid to homeowners who have already paid to fix damage caused by [...]
Russian meteor shower injures hundreds, damages Metro’s Chelyabinsk office
Over 500 people have been injured after a surprise meteor shower struck central Russia Friday morning. Video reports show a [...]
Sandy was Northeast’s deadliest hurricane in 40 years, report says
The storm that ravaged parts of New Jersey and New York in October was the deadliest hurricane to hit the [...]
Bellevue Hospital fully reopens for the first time since Sandy
Bellevue Hospital fully reopened on Thursday for the first time since it was evacuated on Oct. 31 just days after [...]
MTA: Full restoration will cost $4.75 billion, won’t pass cost to riders
The MTA is promising riders they won’t have to shell out any of the $4.75
billion it will take to fully restore the subway, but straphangers
aren’t holding their breath.
Scope of Sandy’s devastation widens, death toll in NYC rises to 40
Four days after superstorm Sandy smashed into the U.S. Northeast,
rescuers on Friday were still discovering the extent of the death and
devastation in New York and the New Jersey shore.
Hurricane Sandy blamed for 82 deaths in U.S., Canada
North American deaths from Sandy, the massive storm that tore through the U.S. East Coast, rose to at least 82 on Thursday.