New York Ready to Face Worse weather

New York Ready to Face Worse weather


New York city
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday announced a limited evacuation of some settlements before the arrival of bad weather toward the city was still recovering from the big storm Sandy.

National Weather Service predicted heavy rain and possible snow on Wednesday and Thursday, accompanied by powerful winds blowing 69 km / h.

Although nearly half the power of Sandy, autumn storm will hit the buildings-buildings that have been damaged and lead to a lower temperature for tens of thousands of people are still having trouble not getting power supply.

Bloomberg said in a press conference that some parks and beaches will be closed. The areas most damaged neighborhoods near the coast, such as the Rockaways in Queens, and Staten Island, is being asked to evacuate again.

"We will go into a very low and tried to evacuate people," he said. "We did not order the evacuation of the public."

In addition to a number of parks, four zoos in the city will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday.

Bloomberg also said that sanitation workers would temporarily stop collecting recyclable materials and reduce garbage collection so that more resources can be devoted to clean up areas of severe flooding.

Around 91,000 homes and businesses still without power in New York, eight days after the storm swept Sandy, killing 40 people in the city alone. More than 100 people were killed in the northeastern United States.



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