Sandy disrupts Northeast U.S. telecom networks 

Verizon, Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile are scrambling to restore service in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. 

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Romney ducks questions on FEMA funding 

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was accosted by reporters earlier today for not answering their questions about his previous support for dismantling FEMA.

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President Barack Obama receives an update on the ongoing response to Hurricane Sandy, in the Situation Room of the White House, Oct. 29 2012. Participating via teleconference, clockwise from top left, are: Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano; FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate; Rick Knabb, Director of the National Hurricane Center; Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood; and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu. Pictured, from left, are: Clark Stevens, Assistant Press Secretary; Emmett Beliveau, Director of the Office of the Chief of Staff; John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; Richard Reed, Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security; Chuck Donnell, Senior Director for Resilience; Asha Tribble, Senior Director for Response; Chief of Staff Jack Lew; Alyssa Mastromonaco, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations; Press Secretary Jay Carney; and David Agnew, Director for Intergovernmental Affairs. (Photo by Pete Souza/The White House)

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NYT: Sandy shows why FEMA is needed 

The New York Times assails Mitt Romney for pledging to eliminate FEMA and turn its responsibilities over to the states.

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Don’t be fooled, don’t look out the window and think it doesn’t look so bad… The worst is still coming. Irene levels are currently being seen in the region right now. These forecasts for this surge are really extraordinary. They are talking about surges we’ve never seen before.

— New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, warning New Yorkers not to underestimate the severity and awesome power of Hurricane Sandy, which will be merging with other systems to create a monster storm in a matter of hours.

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Hurricane Sandy: A very serious storm

Hurricane Sandy is looking more and more like the Atlantic seaboard’s Katrina. The risk to life and property is very grave.

Flooding is already bad in places like Atlantic City, and reports are coming in that a crane is collapsing in New York City. 

Things are bound to get much, much worse before the storm makes landfall.

This storm makes last year’s tempest - Hurricane Irene - seem tame by comparison. 

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As Sandy descends, tips from Katrina survivors 

Kathleen Koch shares advice from survivors of Hurricane Katrina for victims of Superstorm Sandy. 

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Beware of fake Hurricane Sandy photos! 

Just because someone tweeted it doesn’t mean it’s real. This post provides a rundown of some of the fake Hurricane Sandy photos tweeted so far.

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Hurricane Sandy churns towards Atlantic seaboard (Latest snapshot from NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite, provided by NASA).

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Here we are marooned in Red Hook, Brooklyn! Taken on Van Brunt Street from the Fairway Building lofts looking out at the harbor. (Photo: Nick Cope)

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A GOES-13 infrared satellite image of Hurricane Sandy provided by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Monterey, Calif., shows the storm at approximately 8:15 PM EST/5:15 PM Pacific in the Atlantic Ocean. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

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Airlines cancel 3,000 flights as Hurricane Sandy nears landfall 

With Hurricane Sandy just hours away from slamming into the mid-Atlantic coast, airlines are cancelling flights right and left.

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Hurricane Sandy off the Carolinas (Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video)

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CNN says it won't use the term 'Frankenstorm' 

CNN has perplexedly announced it won’t call the big weather event that is on the verge of disrupting the East Coast “Frankenstorm”. But as ThinkProgress’ Joe Romm says, it is a good metaphor for a storm that may owe some of its strength to a warming world.

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