ALBANY, N.Y. — Here is a look at the situation around New York State in the wake of Hurricane Sandy:
POWER OUTAGES: About 2.2 million customers without electricity.
EVACUATIONS: 375,000 people were ordered to leave flood-prone zones in Staten Island and around New York City.
SHELTERS: More than 3,600 people at 76 shelters in New York City, which has 16,000 shelter beds; several other shelters open in Hudson Valley.
INJURIES/DEATHS: At least seven deaths, six in the New York City area, including two on Staten Island. Of the known dead, two children in North Salem, a man on Long Island and a man in Queens were all killed by falling trees, and a woman in Ulster County was killed when a roof blew into her windshield.
CLOSINGS: Staten Island bridges and mass transit services are shut down. All New York City schools closed Tuesday; many school districts in Hudson Valley are closed Monday, and a few have canceled classes Tuesday. Public and private universities are closing. New York metro area subways, buses and commuter railroads shut down, along with Amtrak service in the Northeast. All of the city’s major bridges and some tunnels were closed along with parts of major roads.
HIGHLIGHTS: A huge fire destroyed between 80 and 100 houses in the flooded neighborhood of Breezy Point in the New York City borough of Queens.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It looks like it may be a total loss. But I still have my health and strength. I’m also a minister, so I still, it’s going to be a good word on Sunday.” — Kelvin Redmond, an accountant and associate minister at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Rockville Centre.
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Associated Press material was used in the preparation of this report.
