Sandy Leaves New York and New Jersey in Chaos

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Hoboken station flooded
Hoboken station flooded

Yesterday millions of North Americans awoke before a scene of destruction caused by the monster storm Sandy after ravaging the east coast of the United States, which left without energy several heavily populated portions of the region in the country and causing floods.

In the east coast there were reports of 29 fatalities, most of them were crushed by trees that fell during the storm, in New Jersey the tempest entered in the category just below of hurricane before reaching the ground last Monday night.

The storm arrived with continual winds of 130 kph, without energy to more than 8,2 million people, from the Carolinas till Ohio. The hurricane left a wave of damages like flooded homes, torn trees and fallen energy cables.

President Barack Obama caused a record of storm surge of almost 4,2 meters in downtown Manhattan, the water entered in the subterranean train tunnels, which caused some concerns. AV

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