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NEW YORK-- Removable panels and inflatable plugs are among the ideas New York City's transit officials are considering to stop the next big storm from flooding the subway system the way Superstorm Sandy did, officials said Thursday.
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WASHINGTON-- Federal weather forecasts for Superstorm Sandy were exceptionally accurate last fall, but the warnings themselves were confusing, an internal review found. The gigantic October storm lost tropical characteristics hours before landfall in New Jersey, so the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration stopped calling it a hurricane.
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HARTFORD, Conn.-- Members of the Connecticut Senate continued a three-year effort to extend a ban on severe weather price gouging to services such as snow removal, with proponents expressing hope they can persuade the House of Representatives to finally pass the bill.
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WASHINGTON, May 7- President Barack Obama will meet with chief executives of electric utility companies on Wednesday to discuss how prepared they are for another storm like Sandy, which knocked out power to 8.6 million customers in the U.S. northeast last year.
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John Nelson, Lloyd's of London chairman, explains why the insurance sector as a whole is returning to profitability, despite several global catastrophes.
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NEW YORK, April 30- Six months after Hurricane Sandy ripped into the U.S. East Coast and triggered one of the worst energy crises in decades, there is scattered evidence companies and state agencies have moved to strengthen complex fuel supply networks against future storms.
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New Jersey settled the first civil suit for price gouging - as much as 34 percent - at 2 gas stations in the wake of Super Storm Sandy, reports CNBC's Scott Cohn.
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CNBC's Mary Thompson reports the Garden State's beach area is still struggling to rebuild, six months after Super Storm Sandy left a wide swath of destruction in its wake.
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CNBC's Mary Thompson looks at what's at risk in the state's $22 billion tourism industry as the New Jersey shore pushes to recover from the devastating storm.
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Paul Walsh, WeatherFX chief meteorologist, provides a preview of this season's major storms and targets.
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*Senate plan shields waterway engineering work from cuts. The Army Corps of Engineers, best known for its flood-protection role in hurricane-prone areas such as Louisiana, is also responsible for keeping the nation's ports and rivers open for cargo traffic.
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*Virginia calls out National Guard. WASHINGTON, March 6- A major snowstorm blanketed the Appalachian Mountains on Wednesday, leaving 150,000 homes and business in nine states without power, but Washington got mostly rain after officials had shut down the U.S. capital as the storm approached.
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products are lower because they went up last week on fears the blizzard would harm refineries or infrastructure, but the storm just caused demand destruction, "said Phil Flynn, analyst at Price Futures Group in Chicago. Brent lost 77 cents to settle at $118.13 a barrel, after slipping to $117.54 in early trade.
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A record-breaking blizzard packing hurricane-force winds hammered the northeastern United States on Saturday, cutting power to 700,000 homes and businesses, shutting down travel and leaving at least four people dead.
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BOSTON/ NEW YORK, Feb 9- A record-breaking blizzard packing hurricane-force winds hammered the northeastern United States on Saturday, cutting power to 700,000 homes and businesses, shutting down travel and leaving at least five people dead.
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BOSTON/ NEW YORK, Feb 9- A record-breaking blizzard packing hurricane-force winds hammered the northeastern United States on Saturday, cutting power to 700,000 homes and businesses, shutting down travel and leaving at least four people dead.
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Forecasters warned of more heavy winds and snowfalls on Saturday, particularly near Boston, where up to 30 inches was expected in some areas, as well as in New York, Connecticut and Maine. The storm prompted the governors of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and Maine to declare states of emergency.
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Hundreds of thousands of people lost power, with more than 200,000 reported outages in Massachusetts, more than 100,000 in Rhode Island, and 30,000 in Connecticut, according to local utilities. New York was due to get about a foot in some areas, while heavy snowfall was also expected in Connecticut and Maine.
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BOSTON/ NEW YORK, Feb 9- A record-breaking blizzard packing hurricane-force winds pummeled the northeastern United States on Saturday, causing at least two storm-related deaths, cutting power to 700,000 homes and businesses and shutting down travel.
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New York was due to get about a foot in some areas, while heavy snowfall was also expected in Connecticut and Maine. Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick took the rare step of announcing a ban on most car travel starting Friday afternoon, while Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy closed the state's highways to all but emergency vehicles.