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Hurricane Sandy paralyzes New York, city flooded by 13 foot wall of water

New York, Oct 31: The deadly superstorm Hurrican Sandy struck New York and New Jersey paralyzing the entire power system and throwing the megacity into darkness. A 13-foot wall of water smashed into the eastern




Thirteen deaths were reported in New Jersey, New York, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Connecticut, with five of these in New York. Some of the victims were killed by falling trees, including one in Queens, New York. At least one death was blamed on the storm in Canada.

Storm damage was projected at up to £12 billion, meaning it could be one of the costliest natural disasters in US history. Nineteen workers were trapped inside a Consolidated Edison power station in east Manhattan by rising floodwaters, with a rescue worker saying it had suffered an explosion inside.

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