Hurricane Sandy Damages: NJ Still Underwater, Obama Promises Help
Hoboken, N.J., is facing another hard day after Hurricane Sandy left their town without power or water and some roads flooded with 2 to 3 feet of water, making the streets almost impossible to pass through.
Yahoo reported that at least 25 percent of Hoboken, which lies across New York City's Hudson River, is still underwater and many of its 50,000 residents still do not have any power. The problem is rising to the fact that with stores closed down for four days in a row, many residents are running low on food supplies and generators, for those that do have them, can only last soon long as their gas does not run out.
New Jersey was one of the East Coast states to get hit with Hurricane Sandy starting on Sunday night. They are also one of the states to get hit the hardest, with some reports suggesting that power will not be back for all residents at least until next week. Other parts of New Jersey to get hit badly was Atlantic City, which also went underwater because of Sandy's fury. It's boardwalk was torn in some areas from the hurricane's strong winds.
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama along with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took a tour of New Jersey to see the extend of the damages caused by Hurricane Sandy.
"We are here for you, and we will not forget," the president said after landing in Atlantic City International Airport. "We will follow up to make sure that you get all the help that you need until you rebuilding."
The president, advised by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, did not visit Garden State's neighbor New York, which is trying to get its transit system back in order. Public schools remain closed and many in Long Island and the other boroughs still have no electricity - leaving those without generators to cope with the November cold weather without any heat. Transit tunnels are still flooded and officials announced limited transit into Manhattan and no trains running downtown because of the extent of the underground flooding.
Gov. Cuomo put the hurricane damage at about $6 billion, although some reports suggest estimated as high as $20 billion, according to the New York Daily News.
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