Civilian good samaritans are driving the recovery effort in some of the hardest-hit areas of New York City's Staten Island.
Over the decades, New York City's famous beach went from popular to seedy to cool again. Then a hurricane came, and it took everything away.
Natural disasters don't “help” an economy, but rebuilding efforts can provide a modest boost to economic growth for a while.
The BBC, which has produced several documentaries about various issues that affect America, will release a film about the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy.
The damage resulting from Superstorm Sandy in New York could total $33 billion, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Thursday.
Forecasters are reporting that a nor'easter is expected to could cause a tidal surge of 2 to 41/2 feet when it peaks Wednesday night. The heightened surge is said to be enough to cause fresh flooding.
Queens delivery worker Travis Brann waited 46 hours on line for gasoline in the weekend after Hurricane Sandy battered the New York region. City officials are calling for reforms to help avoid such a shortage in the future.
How could Superstorm Sandy have plunged 90 percent of us into the dark, displaced thousands and caused misery: complacency.
Tourists stuck in New York during the storm have begun visiting--en masse--sites damaged by Hurricane Sandy
After Hurricane Sandy ravaged the eastern U.S. and left as many as 100 dead, another new East Coast storm is set to hit, but much less severe according to forecasters.
When will long lines for gas in New York and New Jersey end?
Startups have reached out to help provide power and food to victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Cyclone Nilam spared India’s southern city of Chennai, making a landfall 50-km south at Mamallapuram along the Tamil Nadu coast Wednesday evening.
The Greek governing coalition was on the verge of collapse Wednesday, as aggressive political maneuvering by the PM pushed the country to the brink.
John Rose, Sr., 60, who was a candidate for the West Virginia House of Delegates, died after he was hit by a falling tree limb.
Over 200 patients at NYU Langone Medical Center were transferred to other facilities after back-up generators failed to restore power.
David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon continue taping their late night talk shows despite abysmal audience turnouts due to Hurricane Sandy
Fake photos became all the rage during Hurricane Sandy, but many believed them to be real.
Even as the U.S. east coast was recovering from the damage inflicted by Superstorm Sandy, the deep depression which had formed over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a cyclone and is expected to cross between coasts of south eastern Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh late Wednesday evening.
At least two major New Jersey nuclear power plants are facing shutdown for precautionary reasons as federal regulators monitor ten facilities in the path of Sandy, downgraded from hurricane to superstorm.