Live updates on Sandy
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Many in the New York area are concerned about when the subways will be able to reopen. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority tweeted Monday night that rumors of a one-week timetable for reopening were only rumors, but did confirm that water had infiltrated subway tunnels. "The MTA cannot assess damage until Tuesday," another tweet said.
Newark N.J. Mayor Cory Booker urges his constituents to stay indoors.
Still in the West Ward. So many trees down with power lines. Many streets blocked. Please stay off roads tonight and tomorrow.
Cory Booker
Sandy's near 14-foot storm surge has had devastating effects in New York and New Jersey, causing widespread flooding and shutting down mass transit.
Mike Bloomberg
Two New York-based late-night talk shows, David Letterman's "Late Show" and Jimmy Fallon's "Late Night" sent their audiences home for safety reasons but taped their Monday episodes in front of rows of empty chairs.
Storm surge peaked at 13.88 ft at the Battery. Now 9.81 ft & going down. Power outages and other serious issues remain #NYC #Sandy
Two
New York-based late-night talk shows, David Letterman's "Late Show" and
Jimmy Fallon's "Late Night" sent their audiences home for safety
reasons but taped their Monday episodes in front of rows of empty
chairs.
David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon perform to empty studios
David
Letterman was determined to bring "Late Show" to his millions of fans
tonight despite the encroaching Hurricane Sandy -- which resu...
Washington
DC's Metrorail and Metrobus service will not be running Tuesday
morning, and an announcement will be made later on Tuesday as to when
service might resume.
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High water in the streets of New York near the World Trade Center.
The
Associated Press released this photo of floodwaters pouring into the
Ground Zero construction site in Manhattan on Monday night.
Our slideshow is being regularly updated and now contains close to 100 photos of the storm.
Sandy "has the power to alter the map of the Jersey Shore," Brian Williams reported.
Superstorm Sandy makes landfall
Video
on msnbc.com: With hurricane-force winds, Sandy hit the Jersey Shore
hard on Monday, as millions lost power throughout the Eastern ...
Chilling emergency alert that went out to New Yorkers from the city's Office of Emergency Management with blunt instructions.
Keep getting these alerts on my iPhone. This one warns New Yorkers to stay inside and avoid driving. #sandy pic.twitter.com/82xQCVAu
Lights shine off the water flooding a New York intersection.
34th and 1st in NYC: i104.photobucket.com/albums...
Chris Johnson of Levittown, Pa., tweeted this photo of his car after part of a tree in his front yard smashed the windshield.
I'm sorry I questioned you #Sandy. This will be a great reminder. @NBCPhiladelphia pic.twitter.com/61WNMuoj
A dark night for the city that never sleeps.
Floodwaters
from Sandy enter the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel (formerly the
Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel) in a photo posted to Flickr by New York's
Metropolitan Transit Authority.
Landfall doesn't mean the end is in sight, Stu Ostro, senior meteorologist at The Weather Channel, warns in a tweet.
Don't
believe everything you see. A much-circulated photo showing soldiers
guarding the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery in
drenching rain was not from Sandy, but taken during a downpour in September.
And other photos are being tweaked to such an extent that they
shouldn't fool anyone. Godzilla is not actually emerging from the waves.
Our tech reporter looks at the lighter side of Sandy photos.
Fake Sandy storm photos fool some, amuse others
Earlier
Monday, as Sandy bore down on the East Coast, Instagram CEO Kevin
Systrom told Poynter.org via a spokeswoman, "There are now 10 p...
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