http://www.mail.com/subjects/16552-property-damage.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/16552-property-damage.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1853928-1-dead-vast-storm-rakes-south-midwest.html JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A large storm system packing high winds, hail and at least one tornado tore across a wide swath of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, killing one person, blacking out power to thousands and damaging homes. The death was reported when a large tree blew down on a shed in Nashville, Tenn., where a man was sheltering, police told Nashvi... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1853928-1-dead-vast-storm-rakes-south-midwest.html 2013-01-30T15:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1854494-3-months-sandy-victims-waiting-relief.html NEW YORK (AP) — Devon Lawrence neatly stacked bricks on the gas burner of his kitchen stove and turned up the blue flame, creating a sort of radiator that warmed the ice-cold room. His two-story house in the Far Rockaway section of Queens hasn't had working heat since Superstorm Sandy's floodwaters destroyed the oil burner in the basement. Now mold is gro... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1854494-3-months-sandy-victims-waiting-relief.html 2013-01-29T21:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1852976-glance-3-months-later-sandy-losses-mount.html The hurricane that merged with another weather system to form Superstorm Sandy spun ashore three months ago Tuesday, devastating coastal New Jersey and New York and spreading winds, rain, snow and waves over parts of more than 20 states. The latest tallies from the second most expensive storm in U.S. history, after 2005's Hurricane Katrina: DEATHS The tol... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1852976-glance-3-months-later-sandy-losses-mount.html 2013-01-29T15:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1851448-congress-passes-505b-superstorm-sandy-aid-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Three months after Superstorm Sandy ravaged coastal areas in much of the Northeast, Congress on Monday sent a $50.5 billion emergency relief measure for storm victims to President Barack Obama for his signature. "I commend Congress for giving families and businesses the help they deserve, and I will sign this bill into law as soon as it ... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1851448-congress-passes-505b-superstorm-sandy-aid-bill.html 2013-01-29T00:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1845866-sandys-homeless-lives-anxiety-hotels.html TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — Diane Burstein spends her days sifting through apartment listings and disaster paperwork and her nights lying awake with worry, her daughter and grandson sleeping feet from her in a cramped hotel room. The family has nowhere else to go. Three months after Superstorm Sandy destroyed their apartment, the Bursteins are among at least ... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1845866-sandys-homeless-lives-anxiety-hotels.html 2013-01-25T14:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1844618-sandy-blow-to-nj-costly-work-costlier-premiums.html SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — Superstorm Sandy landed one final stunning blow to New Jersey on Thursday as the state adopted rebuilding guidelines that come with sticker shock. They will force homeowners in flood zones to spend tens of thousands of dollars to raise their houses now or pay exorbitant premiums of up to $31,000 a year for flood insurance late... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1844618-sandy-blow-to-nj-costly-work-costlier-premiums.html 2013-01-25T00:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1833320-superstorm-challenges-definition-basement-nj.html HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — Irene Sobolov believes the first floor of her house is just that. The federal government and her insurance company say it's a basement. The semantics, Sobolov has learned, are very expensive. Sobolov and others whose lower-level apartments or businesses sustained water damage during Superstorm Sandy say the property they own is being ... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1833320-superstorm-challenges-definition-basement-nj.html 2013-01-20T18:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1823824-stormy-issue-sandy-aid-settles-house.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The political tempest stirred up by Superstorm Sandy appears to have moved on after wreaking havoc among congressional Republicans divided over how much aid to allocate to the victims. In a 241-180 vote Tuesday night, the House approved $50.5 billion in disaster relief for Sandy victims. The Senate is expected to accept the measure early... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:14:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1823824-stormy-issue-sandy-aid-settles-house.html 2013-01-16T14:14:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1815738-critics-complain-sandy-aid-tied-to-projects.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a "not-so-fast" campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week. Their complaint is that lots of the money that lawmakers are considering will actually go toward recovery efforts for past ... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1815738-critics-complain-sandy-aid-tied-to-projects.html 2013-01-14T18:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1815666-syrian-army-advances-strategic-damascus-suburb.html DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian troops advanced in a strategic suburb of Damascus and bombarded other areas around the capital Saturday in a push to secure President Bashar Assad's seat of power as rebels make gains in the north. A government official said regime forces had taken much of Daraya, an area on the edge of a major military air base just south of... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1815666-syrian-army-advances-strategic-damascus-suburb.html 2013-01-12T18:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1811082-view-post-quake-haiti.html PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Six days a week, the rail-thin athlete sets off at daybreak, his neon-green running shoes glowing in the grey light of dawn. It's hard not to notice Astrel Clovis. He's one of the only runners ever seen in Port-au-Prince, where there are few sidewalks, let alone bike lanes, and major thoroughfares seemed more pothole than road... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1811082-view-post-quake-haiti.html 2013-01-10T22:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1803200-milder-temperatures-ease-australian-wildfire-fears.html COOMA, Australia (AP) — Record temperatures across southern Australia cooled Wednesday, reducing the danger from scores of raging wildfires but likely bringing only a brief reprieve from the summer's extreme heat and fire risk. Australia had its hottest day on record Monday with a nationwide average of 40.33 degrees Celsius (104.59 degrees Fahrenheit), na... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1803200-milder-temperatures-ease-australian-wildfire-fears.html 2013-01-09T10:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1804828-sandy-battered-nj-residents-allowed-to-return.html SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — The utterly mundane task of bringing a garbage can back from the curb put a broad grin on Guy Mazzanti's face Monday. Seaside Heights' retired police commissioner had been living with a daughter in Maryland since Superstorm Sandy pummeled the shore in October. The storm created memorable scenes of destruction like the roller c... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1804828-sandy-battered-nj-residents-allowed-to-return.html 2013-01-07T19:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1802578-fishermen-hoping-help-with-sandy-storm-losses.html MIDDLETOWN, N.J. (AP) — While Superstorm Sandy did highly visible damage to homes, boardwalks and roads, it also walloped the Northeastern fishing industry, whose workers are hoping for a small piece of any future disaster assistance that Congress might approve. The storm did millions of dollars' worth of damage to docks, fish processing plants and restau... Sun, 06 Jan 2013 16:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1802578-fishermen-hoping-help-with-sandy-storm-losses.html 2013-01-06T16:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1795042-boehner-agrees-to-sandy-aid-vote-friday.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Under intense pressure from angry Republicans, House Speaker John Boehner agreed Wednesday to a vote this week on aid for Superstorm Sandy recovery. The speaker will schedule a vote Friday for $9 billion for the national flood insurance program and another on Jan. 15 for a remaining $51 billion in the package, Republican Rep. Peter King ... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1795042-boehner-agrees-to-sandy-aid-vote-friday.html 2013-01-03T01:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1793278-money-sandy-relief-concert-to-work.html NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the biggest names in rock 'n' roll were on the bill for the nationally televised "12-12-12" concert benefiting victims of Superstorm Sandy, but the charity in charge of distributing donations has been thinking small when it comes to doling out the $50 million-plus raised by Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones and other stars. ... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1793278-money-sandy-relief-concert-to-work.html 2012-12-31T16:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1790966-myanmar-muslims-recall-buddhist-assault.html SIN THET MAW, Myanmar (AP) — Stranded beside their decrepit flotilla of wooden boats, on a muddy beach far from home, the Muslim refugees tell story after terrifying story of their exodus from a once-peaceful town on Myanmar's western coast. They were attacked one quiet evening, they say, by Buddhist mobs determined to expel them from the island port of K... Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1790966-myanmar-muslims-recall-buddhist-assault.html 2012-12-29T12:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1790338-senate-approves-604-billion-sandy-aid-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Friday approved a $60.4 billion emergency spending aid package for victims of Hurricane Sandy that had been backed by Senate Democrats. Democrats had to turn back Republican efforts to cut programs such as $150 million in fisheries aid that Republican lawmakers said was unrelated to the storm that hammered the East Coast la... Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1790338-senate-approves-604-billion-sandy-aid-bill.html 2012-12-29T00:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1786682-christmas-day-storms-blamed-3-deaths.html MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Twisters hopscotched across the Deep South, and, along with brutal, straight-line winds, knocked down countless trees, blew the roofs off homes and left many Christmas celebrations in the dark. Holiday travelers in the nation's much colder midsection battled treacherous driving conditions from freezing rain and blizzard conditions from the same fast-movin... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 04:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1786682-christmas-day-storms-blamed-3-deaths.html 2012-12-26T04:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1785942-christmas-storms-us-blamed-2-deaths.html MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A Christmas Day twister outbreak left damage across the Deep South while holiday travelers in the nation's much colder midsection battled sometimes treacherous driving conditions from freezing rain and blizzard conditions. Conditions were volatile throughout the afternoon and into the night with tornado warnings in Alabama and the Flor... Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1785942-christmas-storms-us-blamed-2-deaths.html 2012-12-26T00:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1785520-ny-surfer-who-survived-sandy-drowns-puerto-rico.html NEW YORK (AP) — A lifeguard widely praised as a hero after Superstorm Sandy for rescuing neighbors endangered by rolling floodwaters and a fire that destroyed several homes in a small community where grief has been a frequent visitor has died in a surfing accident in Puerto Rico. The death of 23-year-old Dylan Smith on Sunday brought sadness again to resi... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 21:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1785520-ny-surfer-who-survived-sandy-drowns-puerto-rico.html 2012-12-24T21:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1784612-family-that-lost-to-sandy-a-miracle.html LONG BEACH, N.Y. (AP) — The text from Sister Diane at St. Ignatius Martyr church was as odd as it was urgent: "A man is going to call. You must answer the phone." Kerry Ann Troy had just finished her daily "cry time" — that half-hour between dropping the kids off at school and driving back to her gutted house on New York's Long Island, or to the hurricane... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 04:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1784612-family-that-lost-to-sandy-a-miracle.html 2012-12-24T04:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1776208-us-housing-starts-slowed-to-861k-november.html WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. builders broke ground on fewer homes in November after starting work in October at the fastest pace in four years. Superstorm Sandy likely slowed starts in the Northeast. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that builders began construction of houses and apartments at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 861,000. That was 3 percen... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1776208-us-housing-starts-slowed-to-861k-november.html 2012-12-19T17:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1766094-nyc-artists-seek-help-to-scrub-sandys-stains.html NEW YORK (AP) — Superstorm Sandy was not kind to the arts community. It not only upended paintings, equipment, tools and paper, turning them into tangled and soggy heaps, but also the livelihoods of hundreds of artists who have helped make the New York area a dynamic art capital. Six weeks after Sandy, Pier Glass, a studio of four glass blowers on an old ... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1766094-nyc-artists-seek-help-to-scrub-sandys-stains.html 2012-12-14T07:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1763348-911-concert-musicians-turn-sandy.html NEW YORK (AP) — Call the "12-12-12" benefit show "The Concert for New York City" 2.0. Eleven years after the benefit concert in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks was held at Madison Square Garden, many of the same top musicians came together to raise money for those suffering from Superstorm Sandy, including Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, The Who, E... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1763348-911-concert-musicians-turn-sandy.html 2012-12-13T19:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761718-sandy-nyc-eyes-moving-power-gear-higher.html NEW YORK (AP) — A major push is on to move New York City's electrical infrastructure to higher ground or upper floors after Superstorm Sandy sent seawater pouring into low-lying substations and skyscraper basements and plunged half of Manhattan into darkness for four days. The effort, likely to be enormously costly, will center partly on two old weaknesse... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1761718-sandy-nyc-eyes-moving-power-gear-higher.html 2012-12-12T17:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1754350-numb-hopeful-families-endure-post-sandy-recovery.html It's been more than a month since Sandy, the superstorm combining a hurricane, a nor'easter and surging full-moon tides, tore through the Northeast, leaving billions of dollars in damage in the New Jersey-New York-Connecticut corridor. Now as survivors dig out and try to regroup from the Oct. 29 storm even as wintry weather moves in, some are coping bette... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1754350-numb-hopeful-families-endure-post-sandy-recovery.html 2012-12-10T07:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750318-hundreds-fishermen-missing-philippine-storm.html NEW BATAAN, Philippines (AP) — The number of people missing after a typhoon devastated the Philippines jumped to nearly 900 after families and fishing companies reported losing contact with more than 300 fishermen at sea, officials said. The fishermen from southern General Santos city and nearby Sarangani province left a few days before Typhoon Bopha hit ... Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1750318-hundreds-fishermen-missing-philippine-storm.html 2012-12-09T23:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1752564-obama-request-sandy-aid-face-hurdles.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's proposal for $60.4 billion in federal aid for states hit by Superstorm Sandy adds a huge new item to an end-of-year congressional agenda already packed with controversy. The president's request to Congress on Friday followed weeks of discussions with lawmakers and officials from New York, New Jersey and other aff... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 07:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1752564-obama-request-sandy-aid-face-hurdles.html 2012-12-08T07:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1751950-obama-asks-congress-604b-sandy-aid.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama asked Congress Friday for $60.4 billion in federal aid for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy in late October. It's a disaster whose cost is rivaled only by the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the 2005 Hurricane that devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Obama's request adds a h... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1751950-obama-asks-congress-604b-sandy-aid.html 2012-12-08T00:58:00Z