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Hurricane Sandy Liveblog

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New York, New Jersey, and Maryland are already flooded. Sandy is coming and doesn't look like it'll be another over-hyped New York-centric storm. . Emergency declarations have been signed. . (Oh God.) And the worst appears yet to come. We'll be covering it all—and we won't be sending you fake storm porn. We promise.

Check back throughout the day for the latest. Most recent updates will be at the top.

Be safe.

8:00 p.m.: This is a time lapse of before, during, and after Sandy, as it hits lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge. Watch it.

3:00 p.m.: Bloomberg briefing briefing: Basically, only cars containing thre or more people will be allowed in and out of Manhattan. Around 634,000 people in NYC still without power. Approximately 7,300 people in evacuation shelters. No deaths during hospital evacitations. An unnamed person donated $2.5 million to the city for relief. NYC schools closed through end of the week. Knicks-Nets cancelled by NBA. NYC Marathon on Sunday still a go.

5:38 p.m.: Over the past day, —fron Queens to Brooklyn—have begun popping up. , Queens—one of the hardest-hit areas and where search-and-rescue crews are currently working—for looting a Radioshack, a liquor store, and other businesses. The NYPD has denied some of the looting-reports, and let's hope this is the last we hear about it.

2:15 p.m.: Tomorro'w . Bellevue Hosptial in NYC is . Mayor Bloomberg is expected to . (UPDATE: He is .) And the a few hours ago.

12:47 p.m.: Breezy Point, as we've noted, was devistated by the storm after a fire destroyed over 100 houses. This is the most-harrowing photo (via ) I've seen of Sandy's aftermath. Somehow and thankfully, no one was injured.

12:40 p.m.: The today. And in somewhat-shcoking news, there will be . Except, there is no service below 34th street, which is where all the power outages are.

12:35 p.m.: Battery tunnel is still floode, via . (Also, follow Nick, who's in Manhattan on assignment, for updates.)


12:31 p.m.: NYU update: A . , destroying years of scientific research. Governor Cuomo said damage to the school “is enormous.”

11:51 a.m.: Chris Christie has re-scheduled Halloween, New Jersey-ites:

Wednesday

6:22 p.m.: And that awful number continues to rise:

6:08 p.m.: More Bloomberg: “There were too many generators in Zone A.” Wonders why only half of those ordered to evacuate actually did. “We don't order people to leave lightly, it's for their own good.”The block with the hanging crane is off limits. He isn't sure if the Knicks-Nets season opener in Brooklyn on Thursday will happen, but he plans to be there if they play.“We are on the road to recovery.”

5:56 p.m.: Latest Bllomberg presser: Confirms there have been 18 deaths in NYC. Bus fares are currently and temporarily free. Trading will resume at the Stock Exchange at 9:30 a.m. EST tomorrow. Coney Island hospital is being evacuated, all others remain open. All city parks are closed. City sanitation will resume tonight, but no recycling until further notice. Criminal courts will remain closed except for emergencies.“We encourage children and adults to enjoy Halloween but use good judgement.” The NYC Marathon will “go on as normal, as of now.”

5:18 p.m.: The MTA just released some pretty stunning footage of the flooded subway stations near the southern tip of Manhattan:

5:02 p.m.: As it always does, The Atlantic's photos you'll find.

4:56 p.m.: Reports that people are stranded on Fire Island in New York. The tap water is contaminated:

4:24 p.m.: Little was said about New York's Riker's Island prison last night, admist all the chaos on the Jersey Shore, in Manhattan, and everywhere else, but it was there, filled with 12,000 human beings, sitting in the middle of a record storm surge. However, , things appear to be OK:

Solitary Watch has received the following statement via email from NYC DOC Deputy Commissioner Matthew Nerzig: “No power outages on Rikers last night. No significant flooding or disruption of our operations. The Commissioner [DOC Commissioner Dora Schriro] spent the night there.”

4:18 p.m.: From the National Guard, here's a helicopter view of the extensive damage along the Jersey Shore:

3:29 p.m.: According to a recent study, the from a “100-year stom.” Whether or not Sandy is the 100-year stom described in the study remains to be seen—it could be worse—but it's all intereting nonetheless.

3:53 p.m.: Federal agencies in D.C. .

3:16 p.m.: A collapsed house on Long Island:


3:02 p.m.: President Obama at the Red Cross: “There is no excuse for inaction at this point…No bureaucracy, no red tape. Get resources where they're needed.” He's with Governor Christie.

2:05 p.m.: Ugh.

2:02 p.m.: A parking lot in Hoboken, New Jersey:


1:50 p.m.: An .

1:16 p.m.: Over at BuzzFeed Shift, Anna North has a great, comprehensive , no matter where you live.

12:39 p.m.: It's snowing in Maryland. Right now.

12:35 p.m.: This is gate C34 at LaGuardia airport in New York. (Via )


12:01 p.m.: Yep, roller coaster in the Atlantic Ocean:


11:57 a.m.: Wow, still snowing real hard in West Virginia:

11:37 a.m.: President Obama has cancelled all scheduled campaign events for tomorrow and will remain in Washington to deal with Sandy's aftermath.

11:18 a.m.: Even more Bloomberg: No first responders were lost. Thinks ConEd and the subways could be up and running in three to four days, but would be happy if that's the case. Believes they responded to all emergncy requests. Expects no more flooding and isn't worried about the nuclear reactor. City water is safe to drink.

11:12 a.m.: More Bloomberg: Cabs now allowed to pick up more than one passenger. NYC schools closed tomorrow.“We expected a storm with unprecedented impact in New York City, and that's what we got.”

11:06 a.m.: Mayor Bloomberg is giving a press conference: More 80 houses believed to have been destroyed. Ten people in NYC are dead, expects number to climb. Biggest challenges are getting mass transit and electricity back up. 750,000 without power. Power could be out in some spots for two-to-three more days, if not longer. Subways are down indefinitely, but limited bus service could resume later today.

11:01 a.m.: A boat on the train tracks in Westchester, New York:

10:59 a.m.: The Williamsburg and Brooklyn bridges have been re-opened.

10:47 a.m.: The latest from Long Island, where electricity's scarce:

10:43 a.m.: More from Christie: There are rail cars on the New Jersey Turnpike. “We may have to reschedule Halloween.” Recovery could take months. And: “I don't give a damn about election day.”

10:40 a.m.: Photo of the heavy snow in West Virginia:

10:29 a.m.: The latest from Chris Christie:

10:23 a.m.: Parts of West Virginia are buried in snow:

10:21 a.m.: Over —they were previously living in tent camps—because of Sandy.

10:11 a.m.: Some more flooding. This from Manhattan's East Village. (Via )

10:00 a.m.: Via , a tanker … on the street in Staten Island:

Credit: ABC

9:47 a.m.: Part of the Atlatic City boardwalk is totally gone:

9:39 a.m.: The 86th Street subway in Brooklyn is flooded above the platform. (Via )


9:36 a.m.: This is what Breezy Point looks like post-fire. Terrible:

9:33 a.m.: Here's the latest satelittle photo of the still-huge storm:

9:28 a.m.: A .

9:10 a.m.: An overnight update: , leaving thousands in Manhattan without power. NYU Hosptial was successfully evacuated. More than 7.5 million people are currently without power. Parts of West Virginia and Pennsylvania were dumped with snow. The is the worst in its 108-year history. President Obama has declared a . Estimates put the . And more important than all of that, the .

Tuesday

12:00 p.m.: Looks like the storm surge is dying down and the most-intense phase has passed. But people are still being evacuated from storm-hit towns, and hospitals are still running on limited generator power. There's still a ton of water in the streets. Plus, all of the problems that come with abolutely massive power outages. So, be safe and stay inside tonight. We'll see you in the morning when the sun comes back out.

11:29 p.m.: Hospital updates: NYU patients are being . And FDNY has reached Coney Island Hospital. Currently, .

11:24 p.m.: Looks like the , but nothing official just yet.

11:17 p.m.: In lower Manhattan, police are literally better off using canoes at this point:

11:01 p.m.: An in New Jersey:

An Alert is the second lowest of four NRC action levels. The Alert was preceded by anUnusual Event, declared at approximately 7 p.m. EDT when the water level first reached aminimum high water level criteria. Water level is rising in the intake structure due to acombination of a rising tide, wind direction and storm surge. It is anticipated water levels willbegin to abate within the next several hours.

10:53 p.m.: Oh man. , but the FDNY can't access it because it's surrounded by “three to four feet of water.”

10:42 p.m.: Another surreal photo—they basically all are at this point:

10:32 p.m.: More scary news:

10:25 p.m.: Five minutes might be too many minutes, even:

10:18 p.m.: In the worst news, Sandy's death toll continues to rise:

10:14 p.m.: The power is out at NYU Hospital. Patients are being evacuated.

9:58 p.m.: Where the Twin Towers once stood …

9:50 p.m.: A tree fell on a car in New Jersey, , according to reports.

9:46 p.m.: ConEd power station on 14th Street and Avenue D—lower, eastern Manhattan—explodes:

9:41 p.m.: Video of the building collapse from earlier:

9:35 p.m.: The Hoboken PATH station—trains from Manhattan to Jersey—is flooded. I took this train every weekday for summer and you probably don't care but whatever. Just look at this. (Via )

9:31 p.m.: Not all of Manhattan is dark. from The Times.

9:16 p.m.: High tide is here:

9:11 p.m.: Bad news—well, this is all bad news—but . Salt water will ruin switches and etc. Don't expect the subways to be running for a while. Manhattan without the subway is chaos—but that seems, and is, totally unimportant right now.

9:09 p.m.: Looks like ice and snow in Virginia:

9:03 p.m.: It might be too late for some/most of these, but Quartz has , sans power, for the next 48 hours.

8:58 p.m.: Reports of another Sandy-related death. This one from Canada:

8:51 p.m.: Eerier. (Empire State Building, via )


8:47 p.m.: Eerie.

8:42 p.m.: Reports of power outages all throughout lower Manhattan. This is the view from Brooklyn:

8:30 p.m.: Fire Department headquarters are being evacuated … by boat:

8:23 p.m.: Times Square is completely empty. (Times Square is never completely empty.)

8:16 p.m.: Reports of transformers blowing across the tri-state area. Neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Manhattan flooded. . Record storm surge in Battery Park. There's a good chance . And the .

8:09 p.m.: Listen to this to get an idea for what's really going on. Crazy.

8:05 p.m.: Power outages continue to climb:

7:59 p.m.: Damn. WNBC reporting the first Sandy-related death:

7:55 p.m.: Aaaaand part of eastern Manhattan is totally flooded:

7:22 p.m.: The National Hurricane Center has downgraded the storm to “post-tropical.” The Weather Channel is now referring to it as “Superstorm Sandy.” Winds are currently as high as 85 miles per hour.

7:20 p.m.: Power outage update:

7:00 p.m.: A photo of the collapsed building-cum-dollhouse (via ):

6:46 p.m.: A four-story building just collapsed in Manhattan. No one was trapped but yikes.

6:43 p.m.: The for “Yalies” stuck in Manhattan seeking shelter. YO THIS JUST GOT REAL.

6:33 p.m.: And it looks like Sandy's finally hit land in New Jersey:

6:07 p.m.: Mayor Bloomberg . Summary: He's issued summonses to people who've tried to surf. Tells residents to watch out for trees with leaves, stay out of elevators. Public transportation to remain closed through all of tomorrow. Storm surge expected around 8:15 tonight. Sanitation crews are scheduled to begin work tomorrow morning at 9. No fatalities so far—one jogger was injured. “Try to relax and spend the night in.” (Also: Bloomberg's .) (Also also: follow for Spanish-language Sandy updates.)

5:40 p.m.: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie . He's also not too happy with the city's mayor:

5:25 p.m.: Via The Atlantic Wire's excellent , here's in case your power goes out but your smart phone still works.

5:17 p.m.: There is a pretty extreme dude . And by “pretty extreme dude” I mean “complete jackass.” Don't be that guy, please.

5:06 p.m.: This appears to be real, which, OH MY GOD.

5:00 p.m.: Oh, just Cory Booker doing some mayor-ing, generally being a hero:

4:35 p.m.: NOAA just released . Landfall is expected early this evening.

4: 22 p.m.: FEMA has about . Last year, they had about $270 million available for Hurricane Irene.

4:19 p.m.: More power outages hit the east coast:

4:16 p.m.: If you're still in Manhattan, you're not leaving any time soon:

4:01 p.m.: Government says .

3:49 p.m.: No Internet? , BuzzFeed's John Herrman explains. (Note: read that before you have no Internet.)

3:45 p.m.: Despite the report, the World Trade Center crane is still up:

3:34 p.m.: Sandy eats the bottom of a street in Centerport, Long Island:

3:34 p.m.: Not the World Trade Center, Sandy.

3:29 p.m.: Rather than revealing my personal preferences by embedding any live webcams here—you suck, Midtown—I'll direct you to this .

3:20 p.m.: Terrifying devlopment: Guy Fieri is immune to hurricanes. He can not be stopped. The communion hosts at your local mass will soon be dipped in Chipotle Cheez Wiz:

3:14 p.m.: Wondering “What is Lindsay Lohan thinking about this storm?” Well, here ya go, frighteningly-weird human (?) being:

3:06 p.m.: If you are a person-who-is-stranded-inside-because-of-Sandy-but-still-has-electricity-and-also-has-Netflix, . Bonus recommendation: There is this Norweigan death metal documentary on Netflix. Watch something that isn't that.

3:00 p.m.: More flooding from Long Island. This is in West Babylon, and that fence has since disappeared.

2:54 p.m.: Welp, looks like the crane already crashed down. STAY INSIDE PLEASE.

2:50 p.m.: If you're outside in mid-to-upper Manhattan—which, what the hell are you doing?—stay away from 57th street. That's a dangling crane.

2:41 p.m.: Hurricane-force winds hit the Jersey Shore:

2:35 p.m.: Con-Edison has put out automated calls to Manhattan residents, telling them .

2:26 p.m.: Some flooding from Northport Harbor, Long Island:

2:21 p.m.: All ACELA and Northeast Regional .

2:12 p.m.: Barometric pressure continues to drop to ridiculously-low levels:

2:06 p.m.: The was just released:

AT 200 PM EDT…1800 UTC…THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT AND NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS TO BE NEAR LATITUDE 38.3 NORTH…LONGITUDE 73.1 WEST. SANDY IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 28 MPH… 44 KM/H. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL LANDFALL OCCURS…FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST TONIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK…THE CENTER OF SANDY IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG OR JUST SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY COAST BY EARLY EVENING.

2:01 p.m.: In case you missed it, is from September. If you want to continue having friends, stop sharing it. Here's the real one:


1:54 p.m.: Avalon and Stone Harbor, New Jersey are basically underwater. .


1:43 p.m.: Electricity is already gone in some spots.

1:40 p.m. EST: The stock market is closed today and. Same goes for . The NYC subway is also off-service until further notice.

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