AS Americans continue to count their losses to the fury of
Hurricane Sandy, security agents battled for hours yesterday to stop the spate
of looting by hoodlums.
Twenty three people were arrested by policemen in Brooklyn, New York. Detectives are also on the trail of scores of other looters who burgled the homes of hundreds of New York residents.
Some houses in Ocean City, Maryland were also burgled. Two of the suspects were arrested with stolen vehicles. Twelve were arrested while trying to swim away with looted television sets, VCD players, cash, wallets, clothes and other household items.
It was the anti-burglar alarm in one of the houses that gave them away as policemen immediately cordoned off the area. The suspects have been charged to court.
Residents of East Coast also struggled back to life yesterday to recover from the devastating storm even as early voting resumed in Maryland and Washington D.C. Voters were seen going to various centres.
President Barack Obama later visited the Jersey Shore to survey the damage.
As ground transit and airports gradually returned to life, thousands of air travellers remained stranded.
John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty Airports opened for skeletal services but New York's LaGuardia Airport remained shut due to significant damage from flood, worsening passengers' plight.
Also, authorities announced yesterday that New York's Subway System will remain closed for days. Scores of the city workers were seen trying to bring the underground network back to life.
Although the New York Bus Service resumed yesterday, it could not accommodate the more than six million daily Subway commuters.
In New Jersey, rail transit operations were crippled by eight feet of water. Aside the emergency generator that was submerged, the flood damaged 65 locomotive engines and 257 rail cars.
In Philadelphia, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority resumed normal operations but the close to seven million electricity customers in the East Coast were still in the dark.
When the storm started, about 300,000 people in West Virginia were without power but the number dropped to 236,000 yesterday.
Twenty three people were arrested by policemen in Brooklyn, New York. Detectives are also on the trail of scores of other looters who burgled the homes of hundreds of New York residents.
Some houses in Ocean City, Maryland were also burgled. Two of the suspects were arrested with stolen vehicles. Twelve were arrested while trying to swim away with looted television sets, VCD players, cash, wallets, clothes and other household items.
It was the anti-burglar alarm in one of the houses that gave them away as policemen immediately cordoned off the area. The suspects have been charged to court.
Residents of East Coast also struggled back to life yesterday to recover from the devastating storm even as early voting resumed in Maryland and Washington D.C. Voters were seen going to various centres.
President Barack Obama later visited the Jersey Shore to survey the damage.
As ground transit and airports gradually returned to life, thousands of air travellers remained stranded.
John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty Airports opened for skeletal services but New York's LaGuardia Airport remained shut due to significant damage from flood, worsening passengers' plight.
Also, authorities announced yesterday that New York's Subway System will remain closed for days. Scores of the city workers were seen trying to bring the underground network back to life.
Although the New York Bus Service resumed yesterday, it could not accommodate the more than six million daily Subway commuters.
In New Jersey, rail transit operations were crippled by eight feet of water. Aside the emergency generator that was submerged, the flood damaged 65 locomotive engines and 257 rail cars.
In Philadelphia, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority resumed normal operations but the close to seven million electricity customers in the East Coast were still in the dark.
When the storm started, about 300,000 people in West Virginia were without power but the number dropped to 236,000 yesterday.
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