Joseph Leader, vice president and chief maintenance officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, shines a flashlight on standing water inside the South Ferry 1 train station in New York, 31 October 2012. 1 Of the 97 deaths recorded in the New York metropolitan area-which includes northern New Jersey and parts of Connecticut-most were from drowning. The storm’s arrival coincided with a high tide to push onshore a destructive surge of water 12.5 feet high at its peak. In terms of immediate impact, the greatest health threat came from the storm surge that swept into densely populated communities along the New Jersey shore, Long Island, and Lower Manhattan.
(As of this writing, power has been restored to all customers.) 2 Months after the storm, power had still not been restored to all areas, and access to towns on the New Jersey barrier islands was limited to contractors and homeowners, and then only during daylight hours. 1 In New York and New Jersey alone, the storm damaged or destroyed more than 375,000 housing units. 1 Sandy was responsible for an estimated 234 deaths in 8 countries and caused potentially $50 billion in property damage in the United States alone. It reached more than 1,000 miles in diameter and affected states from Florida to Maine. Hurricane Sandy was the largest storm ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean. Incidences of death and illness, though small in number compared with some storms, have come in many forms, the effects still unfolding as time goes by. Every layer of society, every type of building, has felt the impact of the storm, which struck the U.S. So it is with the environmental health impacts of Hurricane Sandy. Power outages persisted through a cold snap that put temperatures in the single digits. Residents and volunteers keep warm by a fire barrel in the New Dorp Beach neighborhood of Staten Island, 5 November 2012. You don’t know what you’re going to find until you take them apart.” “This is the sixth house I’ve gutted in a week,” Pierciey says. Wallboard, two layers of wood flooring, a layer of felt-all of it had to be ripped out to rid the house of mold caused by Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge. Additional designations may be made later if requested by the state and warranted by the results of further assessments.Building contractor John Pierciey stands in the gutted interior of a 1950s-era home in Manasquan, New Jersey. Thomas has been named as the Federal Coordinating Officer for federal response operations for the affected area. Individuals and business owners who sustained losses in the designated area can begin applying for assistance by registering online at or by calling 1-80 or 1-80 TTY.įederal funding is also available to state, tribal, eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance, statewide.įederal funding is available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide. The President's action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Angelina, Aransas, Bastrop, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Brazoria, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cameron, Chambers, Collin, Comal, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas, Denton, DeWitt, Ellis, Falls, Fort Bend, Galveston, Gillespie, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hardin, Harris, Hays, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hood, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Kaufman, Kendall, Lavaca, Liberty, Madison, Matagorda, Maverick, McLennan, Montague, Montgomery, Nacogdoches, Nueces, Orange, Palo Pinto, Panola, Parker, Polk, Rockwall, Sabine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, Scurry, Shelby, Smith, Stephens, Tarrant, Travis, Tyler, Upshur, Van Zandt, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Wharton, Wichita, Williamson, Wilson and Wise counties.Īssistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster.
WASHINGTON – FEMA announced federal emergency aid has been made available to the state of Texas to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in areas affected by a severe winter storm beginning on Feb.
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