US East Coast Perseveres With Intense Storm Cleanup
A massive effort is underway along the the northeastern U.S. coast to pump water from flooded buildings, restore power to millions of residents, and resume public transportation in one of the nation's busiest cities as the region struggles to recover from the deadly Atlantic "superstorm" called Sandy.
Officials say partial service is being restored at New York City airports and in its extensive subway system, which was inundated by floodwaters.
City authorities say 14 of the city's 23 subway lines will reopen Thursday. New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo suspended fares Thursday and Friday on the New York transit authority's commuter trains, subways and buses Deadly and costly
In neighboring New Jersey, authorities are sifting through rubble in the hard-hit coastal region, where the storm made landfall Monday. The massive storm has been blamed for at least 74 U.S. deaths, as well as 65 in the Caribbean last week.
At least five million people across the northeastern United States, most of them in the New York metropolitan area, remain without electricity.
EQECAT business analysts estimate total economic damage from the storm could be as high as $50 billion, with an estimated $20 billion in insured losses.
Struggling to survive
VOA correspondent Suzanne Presto is getting a first-hand look at the devastation in New York. She described the situation facing a woman living in a high-rise apartment building with her 71-year-old mother and young daughter.
"They are on the 15th floor. They don't have an elevator so they have to walk up and down, which her mother cannot do. They don't have power. They don't have heat. They don't have water," reports Presto.
On Wednesday, National Guard troops were deployed to Hoboken, New Jersey, located on the Hudson River, to rescue city residents trapped by toxic floodwaters.
fuente: La Voz de América, http://www.voanews.com/content/us_east_coast_perseveres_with_intense_storm_cleanup/1537394.html
Officials say partial service is being restored at New York City airports and in its extensive subway system, which was inundated by floodwaters.
City authorities say 14 of the city's 23 subway lines will reopen Thursday. New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo suspended fares Thursday and Friday on the New York transit authority's commuter trains, subways and buses Deadly and costly
In neighboring New Jersey, authorities are sifting through rubble in the hard-hit coastal region, where the storm made landfall Monday. The massive storm has been blamed for at least 74 U.S. deaths, as well as 65 in the Caribbean last week.
At least five million people across the northeastern United States, most of them in the New York metropolitan area, remain without electricity.
EQECAT business analysts estimate total economic damage from the storm could be as high as $50 billion, with an estimated $20 billion in insured losses.
Struggling to survive
VOA correspondent Suzanne Presto is getting a first-hand look at the devastation in New York. She described the situation facing a woman living in a high-rise apartment building with her 71-year-old mother and young daughter.
"They are on the 15th floor. They don't have an elevator so they have to walk up and down, which her mother cannot do. They don't have power. They don't have heat. They don't have water," reports Presto.
On Wednesday, National Guard troops were deployed to Hoboken, New Jersey, located on the Hudson River, to rescue city residents trapped by toxic floodwaters.
fuente: La Voz de América, http://www.voanews.com/content/us_east_coast_perseveres_with_intense_storm_cleanup/1537394.html
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