Liam Dutton
Active Atlantic hurricane season predicted for 2013
In just a few days’ time, the Atlantic hurricane season begins, with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center predicting an active season and an above-average number of storms.
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Chris Christie: a big man about to get a whole lot bigger
Chris Christie can reach voters other Republicans cannot. He has just been re-elected New Jersey governor and people are asking if he could bulldoze his way to the White House, writes Inigo Gilmore.
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Counting the cost of Hurricane Sandy, one year on
A year after Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc for thousands of New Yorkers, the agony goes on for many as insurance companies and federal agencies still fail to agree the payouts to help them rebuild.
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New Jersey boardwalk devastated by fire
A late-night rainstorm brings relief to firefighters struggling to contain a fast-moving fire, which destroyed two New Jersey seaside towns still rebuilding from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.
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Liam Dutton
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Jon Snow
Fighting talk on the edge of America's cliff
America’s politicians have never been so bitterly opposed: and it’s been brought to a head by the crisis over the fiscal cliff. This is edge of the planet stuff – not just edge of the cliff.
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Chris Christie fury sparks Republican U-turn over Sandy aid
“Shame on you”: the New Jersey governor Chris Christie has launched a stinging attack on his own party leaders for scrapping a vote on relief aid for victims of superstorm Sandy.
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Superstorm Sandy: the poorest districts still in darkness
The Statue of Liberty have been switched on for the first time since Superstorm Sandy knocked out the power two weeks ago, but much of the city hasn’t been so lucky. Inigo Gilmore reports.
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Heavy snow blankets Sandy-hit parts of US
A nor’easter storm has hit the north east of the US, taking heavy rain, snow and gales to places that were hit by Hurricane Sandy just a week ago.
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Liam Dutton
Nor’easter threatens rain and gales for east coast of US
Whilst the weather since Sandy struck has been relatively quiet, allowing clean up efforts to begin, this could be set to change midweek as an area of low pressure runs along the east coast of the US.
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Sandy’s aftermath: electrical failures, flooding and cholera
Power outages, blocked roads and flooding still plague thousands cleaning up in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy where the combined death toll has risen to more than 170.
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Manhattan switches on the lights, but it is not over yet
The lights may be glittering in Manhattan but much of the northeast is still struggling. Many in the New York borough of Staten Island are without power and fearful of looters. Inigo Gilmore reports.
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Spinning a super storm – playing politics with a disaster?
It was a campaign rally hastily turned into a disaster relief event. But Mitt Romney’s team has been accused of buying the relief donations themselves – telling supporters to “just grab something”.
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New York cleans up the storm damage – one chef at a time
New Yorkers are doing it for themselves. As the flood waters recede from the city’s streets, local communities are cleaning up the damage. One of Brooklyn’s best-known chefs is leading the way.
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Politics is back, as Obama and Romney hit the trail again
The superstorm is receding: now the political storm clouds are back, as the fight for the White House resumes in earnest. For Obama and Romney – there’s no let up till election day.
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Can New York really run a marathon on Sunday?
It would be a seen as a victory for human nature over mother nature, but can New York really run a marathon just six days after the Big Apple was battered by Superstorm Sandy?
