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NY storm commission urges flood walls for subways
A commission formed to examine ways to guard against storms like Sandy released a report Friday that calls for flood walls in subways, water pumps at ...
NYC firm hit hard on 9/11 gives $10M in Sandy aid
Dozens of New Yorkers from a neighborhood ravaged by Superstorm Sandy lined up in a school auditorium Thursday to receive $1,000 debit cards from a ...
Storm leaves Gaza man dead, Jerusalem snowed in
A Gaza health official says a Palestinian man was electrocuted after being struck by a power cable snapped loose by ferocious winter winds, while a ...
Winter storm batters Mideast, 8 dead
The fiercest winter storm to hit the Mideast in years brought a rare foot of snow to Jordan on Wednesday, caused fatal accidents in Lebanon and the ...
Sandy report details NY's storm needs
Floodgates for tunnels, subways and airports, as well as a network of safe havens like old civil defense shelters, should be among quick, simple ...
Winter storm brings more misery to Syrian refugees
A winter storm is magnifying the misery for tens of thousands of Syrians fleeing the country's civil war, turning a refugee camp into a muddy swamp ...
Main roads flooded in fierce Israel rainstorm
Heavy rain flooded the main highway into Israel's main commercial hub, and an army helicopter was sent to rescue Israelis stranded on a roof in one ...
Reid says he misspoke with disaster comparison
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that he misspoke when he suggested in a Senate speech that damage from Superstorm Sandy was worse than ...
Sandy-battered NJ residents allowed to return home
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 ...
Sandy prompts some elderly to seek assisted living
For the first time in her life, Marion Johnston says she feels old. The petite 80-year-old retired school secretary who uses a walker is still ...
Obama signs bill for Sandy flood insurance claims
President Barack Obama has signed into law a $9.7 billion bill to pay flood insurance claims from Superstorm Sandy. The law increases the borrowing ...
Fishermen hoping for help with Sandy storm losses
While Superstorm Sandy did highly visible damage to homes, boardwalks and roads, it also walloped the Northeastern fishing industry, whose workers are ...
Congress approves $9.7 billion in Sandy flood aid
The new Congress on Friday rushed out $9.7 billion to help pay flood insurance claims to 115,000 people and businesses afflicted by Superstorm Sandy, ...
Congress to vote Friday on Sandy flood aid
Many home and business owners flooded out by Superstorm Sandy could get insurance payouts soon through congressional action expected Friday on a $9.
House sets vote for Sandy aid after criticism
The House is headed for a vote on aid for Superstorm Sandy victims after House Speaker John Boehner mollified Republicans from New York and New Jersey ...
Superstorm Sandy tops 2012 insurance claims
Natural disasters cost insurers $65 billion last year, with the United States accounting for nine-tenths of the bill and Superstorm Sandy prompting ...
La. cemeteries sinking, washing away
As a young adult, Kathleen Cheramie visited her grandmother's grave in a tree-lined cemetery where white concrete crosses dotted a plot of lush green ...
Boehner agrees to Sandy aid vote on Friday
Under intense pressure from angry Republicans, House Speaker John Boehner agreed Wednesday to a vote this week on aid for Superstorm Sandy recovery.
ESPN's Hannah Storm returns 3 weeks after accident
ESPN anchor Hannah Storm will return to the air on New Year's Day, exactly three weeks after she was seriously burned in a propane gas grill accident ...
Money from Sandy relief concert being put to work
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, ...
Week's 2nd snowstorm hits Northeast, parts of Ohio
A widespread winter storm dumped snow over the Northeast and parts of Ohio on Saturday, just days after the regions were hit by another storm moving ...
Senate approves $60.4 billion Sandy aid bill
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.
Tens of thousands still without power in Arkansas
A cold rain fell across Arkansas on Friday, washing away some of the Christmas Day ice and snow that knocked out power to 194,000 customers — ...
Texas builds 'hurricane domes' for double-duty
Most of the time, the windowless building with the dome-shaped roof will be a typical high school gymnasium filled with cheering fans watching ...
Storm blows through East; 135K in dark in Arkansas
A muted version of a winter storm that has killed more than a dozen people across the eastern half of the country plodded across the Northeast on ...