SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. — Britain's Prince Harry toured two New Jersey shore communities devastated by Superstorm Sandy, shaking hands with emerge...
Like the waves that crash on its beaches, time after time over its 100-year history Coney Island and its amusement parks have been razed to the ground by fire and flood, only to rise like a phoenix from the ashes and return bigger and better than ever.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) had choice words on Tuesday for property owners who were unwilling to give federal officials access to their land t...
I asked one future biochemist what she thought about NYU's environmental program. Her bright young face turned sour as she complained that her environmental studies were dominated by disaster science. Where was the hope, she wanted to know?
HAVANA — Many people in eastern Cuba are still living with family or in houses covered by flimsy makeshift rooftops six months after Hurricane S...
MIAMI, April 11 (Reuters) - The World Meteorological Organization has retired "Sandy" from its rotating list of hurricane names because of the devas...
Coney Island has often been the phoenix rising from its ashes and Nathan's was the beacon that highlighted its return.
Turns out that Hurricane Sandy baby boom in New York might really be happening. The New York Post reports the city seeing a big bump in expecting ...
By Jill Colvin, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer NEW YORK CITY — Hurricane Sandy ravaged public schools in low-lying areas across the city — and new p...
By ANGELA DELLI SANTI, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TRENTON, N.J. — Gov. Chris Christie is expected to deliver an austere budget message on Tuesday focus...
"Retreat" might not be a good word to use for what needs to be done. It infers losing. "Adjustment" is a better word. We must adjust to the reality of our shifting shores.
This is Seaside Heights now. A roller-coaster ride is in the water. Piers are in pieces, washed away. Plywood is slapped across the same businesses that were open a year ago, serving the throngs that packed this place when the Polar Bear Plunge came and went a year ago.
NEW YORK -- At the height of Superstorm Sandy, city residents watching seawater pour into the subway system couldn't help but wonder: What will become...
New York City exterminators say business has doubled since Hurricane Sandy, as rats driven inland from the shorelines by the storm got cozy in cushy n...
In the past two years, residents of Bethel, Conn., have been hit by three massive snowstorms that knocked out power for days. Each time, nearby cell t...
Cuomo's proposal is a rare breath of fresh air and common sense in a political landscape where Mother Nature is rarely a guest and the knee-jerk response is to rebuild.
Monday, Nov. 5, 2012 — One week After Sandy “Welcome to Washed-Away,” Tom Burke says, sitting shotgun as his cousin Jessica Taylor drives her...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed into law a $50.5 billion emergency measure for Superstorm Sandy victims. Congress gave the measu...
In the best of times, the life of an artist is difficult. Lean years, sacrifice and solitude are the norm. Add a natural disaster and life becomes even more precarious.
BY ANDREW MIGA, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Three months after Superstorm Sandy devastated coastal areas in much of the Northeast, the Sena...
NEW YORK — Small businesses in New York City may be eligible for another $1 million in grants now available to help recover from Superstorm Sand...
There is no storm, no fire, no terrorist act, that can destroy the spirit of our city, and keep us from looking forward, envisioning a better tomorrow, and bringing it to life.
Flooded subway stations in New York City. Earthquake damage in the Nation's Capital. The great city of New Orleans under water. These scenes, once seemingly out of science fiction, are all too real today. This is why I am introducing the Homeowners' Defense Act of 2013 in Congress.
MANAHAWKIN, N.J. -- Gov. Chris Christie said the Hurricane Sandy aid package Congress approved Tuesday will help expedite rebuilding after the superst...
By ANDREW MIGA, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Northeastern lawmakers hoping to push a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package through the ...
