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Death toll from Hurricane Sandy reaches at least 50 in US and Canada

31 October 2012 12:38 (UTC +04:00)

The U.S. and Canada death toll climbed to at least 50, many of the victims killed by falling trees, and rescue work continued, APA reports quoting various agencies. The storm that made landfall in New Jersey on Monday evening with hurricane force cut power to more than 8.2 million across the East and put the presidential campaign on hold just one week before Election Day. The death toll from Sandy in the U.S. included several killed by falling trees. Sandy killed 18 people in New York City. It also killed 69 people in the Caribbean before making its way up the Eastern Seaboard.

Airlines canceled more than 15,000 flights. New York Cityâ€™s three major airports remained closed. Sandy will end up causing about $20 billion in property damage and $10 billion to $30 billion more in lost business, making it one of the costliest natural disasters on record in the U.S., according to IHS Global Insight, a forecasting firm.