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  Flickr pictures used to measure Hurricane Sandy's impact: Study

  November 06, 2013 22:11 IST

  New Delhi: Social media like Flickr can potentially track natural disasters and other major events in real-time and help governments in measuring their impact, according to a new study.The study has discovered a striking connection

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  Jon Bon Jovi donates $1 mn to hurricane victims

  Hollywood | July 10, 2013 9:08 IST

  Los Angeles, July 10: Singer Jon Bon Jovi has donated $1 million to the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts in his native New Jersey.The amount will be used for repairing damaged homes and other establishments in

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  Superstorm Sandy: New Yorkers search for food, water and electricity

  World | November 01, 2012 12:40 IST

  New York, Nov 1: The people gathered around the side of a building on Third Avenue looked like refugees huddled around a campfire. But instead of crackling flames, their warmth came from more advanced technology:

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  JFK, Newark airports reopen after Hurricane Sandy

  World | October 31, 2012 21:00 IST

  New York, Oct 31 : Two of the biggest airports serving New York John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty International have reopened.  The first passenger flight to JFK arrived from Long Beach, California, at 7-04

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  Facebook, Twitter abuzz with chatter on Hurricane Sandy

  World | October 30, 2012 13:07 IST

  New York, Oct 30 : The giant weather system barreling up the East Coast is a favorite topic of conversation on social media from Facebook to Twitter.  As people post updates to friends and family,

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  Hurricane Sandy leaves crane dangling over New York city

  World | October 30, 2012 12:38 IST

  New York, Oct 30 : A superstorm that sent water rushing onto city streets has left a large swathe of the lower part of Manhattan without power. Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline

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  Atlantic City bears brunt of Hurricane Sandy, thousands flee as city is under water

  World | October 30, 2012 11:58 IST

  New York, Oct 29: Rising waters put most of Atlantic City under water on  Monday as the approach of Hurricane Sandy flooded towns up and down the New Jersey shore, knocked out power to thousands

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  Obama declares emergency to meet Hurricane sandy onslaught

  World | October 29, 2012 16:53 IST

  New York, Oct 29: Millions of Americans over a 700-mile stretch across eight states up and down the East Coast prepared to meet the onslaught of approaching Hurricane Sandy and its potentially devastating impact.President Barack

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  Two Air India flights delayed due to Hurricane Sandy

  India | October 29, 2012 11:00 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 29:  Air India today said its Mumbai-Newark and Delhi-New York flights have been "indefinitely delayed" due to Hurricane Sandy which is set to hit the East Coast of the United States.An Air

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  Hurricane Sandy leaves Bahamas, 43 dead

  World | October 27, 2012 9:54 IST

  Nassau, Bahamas, Oct 27: Hurricane Sandy spun away from the Bahamas late on Friday after causing 43 deaths across the Caribbean, churning northward toward the U.S. East Coast, where it threatens to join with winter