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Hurricane Sandy Death Toll Now 57 10/31/12
Associated Press
October 31, 2012
NEW YORK - At least 57 deaths are now linked to the storm that battered the Northeast. About 6.5 million homes and businesses are without power, including 4 million in New York and New Jersey. The power is out as far west as Wisconsin, and as far south as the Carolinas.
In hard-hit New York City, hundreds of thousands of customers are still without electricity, but buses are running. Residents noticed an uptick in traffic and people waiting at bus stops.
The Brooklyn Bridge was closed a day earlier because of high winds. But today, joggers and bikers made their way across before sunrise. One cyclist carried a flashlight. Car traffic was brisk but slowed going into Manhattan.
In Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Corbett cited reports that Amtrak and Philadelphia's mass transit system were slowly coming back.
In Washington, the Smithsonian Institution's museums and National Zoo are reopening after shutting for two days.