Sandy Aid

More than 10 weeks after Superstorm Sandy brutalized parts of the heavily populated Northeast, the House approved $50.5 billion in emergency relief for the victims on Tuesday night as Republican leaders struggled to close out an episode that exposed painful party divisions inside Congress and out.

The first large aid package for victims of the deadly Superstorm Sandy today started moving through the US Congress as the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved $9.7 billion to pay flood insurance claims.

The governors of New Jersey and New York on Wednesday blasted the US House of Representatives for not passing a $60.4 billion aid package to help their states recover from superstorm Sandy.

President Barack Obama asked Congress Friday for $60.4 billion in federal aid for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy in late October. It's a disaster whose cost is rivaled only by the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the 2005 Hurricane that devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.

The US, which is battling the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, has rejected an offer of help from Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the man believed to be the mastermind behind the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

The New Jersey National Guard has come to Hoboken to help residents of the heavily flooded city on the Hudson River across from New York City.

US President Barack Obama declared that a "major disaster" exists in New York state following Superstorm Sandy, freeing up federal aid for victims.

Sandy, downgraded from hurricane to superstorm, made landfall at 8 pm (5:42 am IST) along the southern coast of New Jersey, battering the US East Coast on Monday with fierce winds and driving rain. 16 people are reported dead in storm-related incidents, most of New York is in darkness, transportation has shut down, businesses are shuttered and tho...

More than 10 weeks after Superstorm Sandy brutalized parts of the heavily populated Northeast, the House approved $50.5 billion in emergency relief for the victims on Tuesday night as Republican leaders struggled to close out an episode that exposed painful party divisions inside Congress and out.

The first large aid package for victims of the deadly Superstorm Sandy today started moving through the US Congress as the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved $9.7 billion to pay flood insurance claims.

The governors of New Jersey and New York on Wednesday blasted the US House of Representatives for not passing a $60.4 billion aid package to help their states recover from superstorm Sandy.

President Barack Obama asked Congress Friday for $60.4 billion in federal aid for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy in late October. It's a disaster whose cost is rivaled only by the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the 2005 Hurricane that devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.

The US, which is battling the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, has rejected an offer of help from Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the man believed to be the mastermind behind the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

The New Jersey National Guard has come to Hoboken to help residents of the heavily flooded city on the Hudson River across from New York City.

US President Barack Obama declared that a "major disaster" exists in New York state following Superstorm Sandy, freeing up federal aid for victims.

Sandy, downgraded from hurricane to superstorm, made landfall at 8 pm (5:42 am IST) along the southern coast of New Jersey, battering the US East Coast on Monday with fierce winds and driving rain. 16 people are reported dead in storm-related incidents, most of New York is in darkness, transportation has shut down, businesses are shuttered and tho...