Jersey Shore reopens 7 months after Sandy: We’re 80% there, says Christie
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Seven months after being devastated by the worst storm in New Jersey history, most of the beaches and boardwalks of the Jersey Shore are back and open for business in time for Memorial Day weekend.
Take that, Sandy.
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Prince Harry joins Gov. Chris Christie on tour of storm-damaged NJ
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Prince Harry continued his American tour Tuesday with a visit to New Jersey to inspect residential areas still devastated by last fall’s Superstorm Sandy.
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Jet Star coaster in Seaside Heights being removed from the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday afternoon
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Six months after Sandy: ‘Home sweet home’ for some, others still adrift
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BREEZY POINT, N.Y. — The construction noises are almost constant at daytime in this coastal enclave six months after Hurricane Sandy, but for many residents whose homes were badly damaged, recovery is moving at a slow pace – or not at all.
Read the complete story and explore our photo interactive: Breezy Point then and now.
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Six months after Sandy, Atlantic City is betting on a comeback
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Half a year after Hurricane Sandy flooded Atlantic City homes and washed away much of its tourism, though barely any of its actual boardwalk or attractions, “America’s Favorite Playground” is plowing millions of dollars into a revamp and upgrade it dearly hopes will lure back vacationers.
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Future storms won’t be named ‘Sandy’
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The National Weather Service says the name Sandy won’t be used for any future storms after it was assigned to the massive storm that hit the East Coast in 2012.
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Following Sandy damage, Statue of Liberty to reopen on Fourth of July
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The Statue of Liberty, closed since Hurricane Sandy battered the Northeast more than nine months ago, will reopen to the public on July 4, officials announced Tuesday.
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More than three months after Hurricane Sandy devastated parts of New York and New Jersey, the symbol of American exceptionalism still stands on an island full of rubble. Neighboring Ellis Island has no upended sidewalks or debris anymore, but it will take a long time to repair the electrical system. Both remain closed indefinitely to visitors.
Read the complete story.Weary Sandy survivors hunker down for storm: Like a repeat ‘nightmare’
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NEW YORK — As millions of Americans braced for a winter storm bearing down on the Northeast on Friday, people still recovering from Hurricane Sandy stood in line at gas stations to buy fuel and stocked up on wood for the fireplace. It was, one man lamented, “like a nightmare of Sandy all over.”
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100 days after Hurricane Sandy, the Jersey Shore slowly recovers
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LEFT: The Atlantic Ocean has breached the Ocean County barrier island in three places in the borough of Mantoloking, and created a new inlet at the base of the Mantoloking Bridge. RIGHT: This is what the Mantoloking Bridge looks like 100 days later.
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The Senate Monday night passed a $50.5 billion emergency spending bill to aid people in New York and New Jersey who are trying to rebuild their homes and businesses after last October’s devastation from super-storm Sandy.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Dee and Scott McGrath were huddled under two blankets, both wearing hooded sweatshirts and pants, with an electric heater by their bed. Dee heard her daughter coughing through the night from the room next door and feared she was getting sick.
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BREEZY POINT, N.Y. — A first-of-its-kind home repair program pioneered by the federal government and local agencies has made thousands of New York City homes livable since Hurricane Sandy, but thousands of other homeowners are still waiting for help, and growing more frustrated with each passing day.
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Insurance Auto Auctions Inc., a salvage auto auction company specializing in total-loss vehicles, acquired cars and trucks damaged by super storm Sandy and are temporarily storing them at Calverton Executive Airpark in Calverton, N.Y.
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Responding to the insurance claims of property owners hit by last October’s super-storm Sandy, the House voted Friday to approve $9.7 billion in additional borrowing authority for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) which covers property owners in flood-prone areas.
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Step one: Talib Kweli comes in for rehearsal and sees Al Roker on a bike.
Step two: Someone else spots Talib, then Al on his bike, and has the...
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