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Shore residents return home to damage, destruction
Bill Goldberg's first reaction upon entering his flood-damaged home in this popular Jersey Shore resort community was unprintable. His second was that ...
Storm washes away much of 'Jersey Shore' town
The waterfront rides on Casino Pier are gone, swallowed by the sea. A roller coaster bobs lazily in the waves. Sand, leaves and debris choke roads ...
A state-by-state look at the East Coast superstorm
The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, killing at least 74 ...
NJ's barrier islands are scenes of devastation
New Jersey's delicate barrier islands, long and slender strips of land cherished by generations of sunbathing vacationers and full-time residents ...
Obama tours storm damage, Romney mutes rhetoric
President Barack Obama soberly toured the destruction wrought by superstorm Sandy on Wednesday in the company of New Jersey's Republican governor and ...
Odd politics as Obama, Christie tour storm damage
Here's an image few probably expected to see six days before Election Day: President Barack Obama and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie — a Republican ...
After Sandy: Tips on filing home insurance claims
Insurers will be dealing with a crush of claims in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy which inflicted billions of dollars in damages. Once homeowners ...
Airports and stock exchange reopen; NJ devastated
Two major airports reopened and the New York Stock Exchange got back to business Wednesday, while across the river in New Jersey, National Guardsmen ...
Disarray, millions without power in Sandy's wake
The most devastating storm in decades to hit the country's most densely populated region upended man and nature as it rolled back the clock on ...
Crippled NYC subways could hamper storm recovery
The floodwaters that poured into New York's deepest subway tunnels may pose the biggest obstacle to the city's recovery from the worst natural ...
Japan spent rebuilding money on unrelated projects
About a quarter of the $148 billion budget for reconstruction after Japan's March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster has been spent on unrelated ...
Storm's cost may hit $50B; rebuilding to ease blow
Superstorm Sandy will end up causing about $20 billion in property damages and $10 billion to $30 billion more in lost business, according to IHS ...
Obama to view storm damage in New Jersey
President Barack Obama will travel to storm-stricken New Jersey on Wednesday to view damage from the massive storm that struck the East Coast and to ...
Water, fire, destruction: NYC after the superstorm
The massive storm that pummeled the East killed 10 people in New York City and left the nation's largest city eerily quiet Tuesday, with no running ...
Sandy unlikely to damage US economy, analysts say
Airlines have canceled thousands of flights, stranding travelers around the globe. Insurers are bracing for possible damages of $5 billion.
Cuba's 2nd city without power, water after Sandy
Residents of Cuba's second-largest city of Santiago remained without power or running water Monday, four days after Hurricane Sandy made landfall as ...
Sandy gone, Caribbean mourns 58 dead, cleans up
The Caribbean death toll from Hurricane Sandy rose again sharply on Saturday, even as the storm swirled away toward the U.S. East Coast.
Aleppans stretched to limit in war for Syrian city
The rumble of engines in the sky immediately set the Aleppo neighborhood below on edge. Men peeked from shops anxiously at the Syrian warplane ...
Tornadoes, severe storms swat Southeast; 7 hurt
At least four tornadoes were part of the storm system that raked northern and central Mississippi on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, injuring ...
Dry Northwest burns as fire season in West extends
A haze of thick smoke formed Tuesday over vast swaths of the West as wildfires forced more residents to flee their homes in several states.
NYC cleans up from 2 twisters after Eastern storms
Damaging storms that spawned tornadoes in New York City, darkened tens of thousands of homes in the Washington, D.C., area and flooded New England ...
China steps up earthquake rescue efforts; 80 dead
Rescue workers cleared roads Saturday so they could search for survivors and rush aid to a remote mountainous area of southwestern China after twin ...
80 dead in China quakes; rescue efforts hampered
Blocked mountain roads were hampering rescue efforts after twin earthquakes struck southwestern China and killed at least 80 people, leaving officials ...
Sean Penn's charity begins demo of Haiti palace
The aid group led by Hollywood star Sean Penn has begun demolishing the National Palace that was destroyed in Haiti's powerful 2010 earthquake.