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President Suspends Campaign, Goes to Jersey

By on October 31, 2012

(AP)  PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS TRAVELING TO NEW JERSEY TODAY TO MEET WITH GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE AND VICTIMS OF SUPERSTORM SANDY.

 

PARTS OF THE STATE HAVE EXPERIENCED MASSIVE FLOODING.  POWER OUTAGES ARE STILL A MAJOR PROBLEM ACROSS THE STATE AND STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND MOST SCHOOLS WILL REMAIN CLOSED TODAY.  CHRISTIE SAYS WHEN BEACHES ARE REBUILT, THEY’LL LIKELY LOOK DIFFERENT BECAUSE BOARDWALKS AND AMUSEMENT RIDES WERE WASHED AWAY.

A FIRE HAS BROKEN OUT IN A NEW JERSEY SHORE TOWN THAT WAS HIT HARD BY SANDY.  VIDEO FROM WNBC-TV IN NEW YORK SHOWS FLAMES REACHING IN THE SKY OVER MANTOLOKING.  THERE’S A LARGE CLUSTER OF FLAMES AND SMALLER FIRES SPREAD OUT FROM IT.  IT’S NOT CLEAR WHAT’S BURNING.  THE SMALL TOWN, WHICH SITS BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND BARNEGAT BAY, SUFFERED SEVERE DAMAGE DURING THE STORM.

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