الاثنين، 29 أكتوبر 2012

Hurricane Sandy cause disruption of air traffic across America

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U.S. news reports said Monday, the hurricane Sandy caused stopped more than 6,800 flights, including flights offs and landings in the three major airports in New York, which will result in disorder aviation networks in parts of the United States, and abroad.
News agency said Bloomberg U.S. economic quoting Daniel Packer CEO of Flight Auer based Houston working in the field tracking flights, had been canceled trips, including about 1200 trip on Sunday, and more than 5500 flights on Monday, adding that the airline will begin flight cancellations on tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday.
While airlines stopped their operations in airports LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty in New York, will be affected flights to and from other areas.
Bloomberg explains that New York airports together represent a vital part in the American aviation network having served more than 52 million passengers last year and exceeded the busiest in the world, which Hartfield Jackson Airport in Atlanta.
And canceled airlines starting from "United Kontninntal Holdings" to "American Airlines" of the company "AMD R Corp." The Company "Delta Airlines" flights and abandoned fees for re-booking and offered re-value tickets for flights canceled in advance for the occurrence of the storm.
The aviation services cross the Atlantic Ocean from those flights that were affected by the hurricane with registration at London's Heathrow Airport, the largest in Europe canceled 59 flights Monday, including 47 departing flights in the morning. And negatively affected flights associated with at least six airports in the eastern coast of the United States.
And displays Paris airport to cancel 13 departing flights and flight arrival at Charles de Gaulle airport in the French capital and the loss of one flight at Orly Airport.
The airline group said "Air France KLM Group," and based in Paris, which is the largest airline company in Europe that will display alternative flights for passengers without any additional costs.
Frankfurt Airport recorded the third largest European airports canceled 12 flights, said Lufthansa German Airlines he will be the loss of 12 flights, including flights from Munich and Dusseldorf.
According to the National Hurricane Center U.S., is Hurricane Sandy about 470 miles, south and southwest of New York City, is expected to be accompanied by storms two to be the phenomenon it describes National Weather Service to "Tropical Storm Franken" and affects about 60 million people in the densely populated area in the United States

Obama canceled an electoral meeting in Wisconsin

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The White House announced that President Barack Obama canceled his visit tomorrow to "Green Bay" in Wisconsin, which was will visit to attend a meeting electoral, so to stay in Washington to monitor the preparations and early response to Hurricane "Sandy", and make sure to provide all the resources available to help states and localities.
The White House had announced earlier in the day for cancellation Obama to meet in Orlando, Fla., Monday, due to the deteriorating weather conditions in the Washington, DC area.
And threatens Hurricane Sandy U.S. East Coast, home to more than 50 million U.S. dollars, is expected to pull out trees and damage buildings, and causing interruption large electricity during the next few days, so I have decided to U.S. authorities closed schools and markets and the business sector and government departments, as ordered the closure of New York Stock Exchange on Monday and possibly Tuesday as well, and Euronext, which operates the New York Stock Exchange has previously said that electronic trading will remain open, although only handle the Stock Exchange will close.
The British Airways canceled all flights to New York on Sunday, and will suspend most of its services to the east coast of the United States and from Monday.
Have been closed and Washington and New York subway lines due to the hurricane, and other cities ordered to halt transport, schools and ordered a comprehensive evacuation operations for residents of low-lying areas by high waves expected to reach between 4 to 6 meters.

Obama warns its citizens of the risk of hurricane "Sandy"

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President Barack Obama warned on Monday, citizens of danger hurricane Sandy, adding that it is "a huge and powerful storm" could lead to catastrophic repercussions on the northeastern United States.

In a brief speech after a crisis meeting at the White House, Obama urged residents of areas that could beat her hurricane to abide by the instructions of local authorities in its entirety, and particularly in terms of evacuations.