The rail terminal here is a relic from a different era, old enough to have seen the Jazz Age and the Great Depression, survive two World Wars and withstand the encroachment of the automobile. It almost met its match in …
Over 65,000 recreational boats were damaged or lost as a result of Hurricane Sandy, according to the Boat Owner’s Association of the United States (BoatUS), resulting in damage estimated around $650 million, making the late October storm the single-largest industry …
Damage from storm surge and flooding caused by Superstorm Sandy is widespread and extensive, but there is only minor damage to buildings from direct wind, according to a report released by Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of Willis Group Holdings, …
Garbage trucks, hulking military vehicles and mud-caked cars move slowly through a Staten Island waterfront neighborhood still reeling from Superstorm Sandy’s storm surge. Then comes an outlier: a spotless SUV with three passengers peering out windows at a mangled home …
Exelon Corp declared an “alert” at its New Jersey Oyster Creek nuclear power plant due to a record storm surge, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on Monday, warning that a further rise in water levels could force operators to use …
More than 1.8 million homes along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts are at great risk of being damaged by a hurricane, three times the number located in federally defined flood zones, according to a report released Tuesday. The report by …