Death, darkness in US

Fury: America reels as freak Sandy wreaks havoc

As Superstorm Sandy churned slowly inland, millions along the US East Coast awoke on Tuesday without power or mass transit, and huge swaths of New York City were unusually dark and abandoned. At least 33 people were killed in seven states.

The storm that made landfall in New Jersey on Monday evening with 80 mph (130 kph) sustained winds cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses from the Carolinas to Ohio and put the presidential campaign on hold one week before Election Day.