DEATH TOLL CLIMBS ABOVE 45...
Northeast airports, transit systems slowly start moving again...
Crippled NYC subways could hamper recovery...
WIRE: Could Sandy postpone election?
PHOTOS: SHOCK AND AWE...
Problems at five nuclear plants in wake of Sandy
The U.S. death toll climbed to 38, many of the victims killed by falling trees.
...More than 8.2 million people across the East were without power. Airlines canceled more than 15,000 flights around the world, and it could be days before the mess is untangled and passengers can get where they're going.
The storm also disrupted the presidential campaign with just a week to go before Election Day.
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STATE-BY-STATE BREAKDOWN ON DAMAGE
Current headlines:
| CON EDISON: 7-10 days to restore power... Huge fire in storm's wake destroys 80 NYC homes... LEVEE BREAKS IN NJ TOWN, HUNDREDS BEING EVACUATED... Three towns flooded... |
- A nearly 170-foot water tanker runs aground in Staten Island, N.Y., in Hurricane Sandy.
- Captain missing after HMS Bounty sinks in storm
- Hospital forced to evacuate patients, including 20 babies
At least 16 deaths, 6.2 million without power in Superstorm Sandy's wake - Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline with 80 mph winds Monday night and hurled an UNPRECEDENTED 13-FOOT SURGE OF SEAWATER at New York City, flooding its tunnels, subway stations and the electrical system that powers Wall Street.
Sandy kills 1 in Canada - Officials reported one woman dead in Canada, killed by an airborne sign in a car park .
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