NY, NJ Brace for Nor'easter Barely a Week After Sandy
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Mayor Bloomberg said police officers would be making announcements over public address systems in coastal areas, warning residents of the possibility of flooding, and urging them to evacuate. He also said parks, beaches and playgrounds would be closed at noon Wednesday.
Hundreds of nursing home residents in the storm-battered Rockaways are also being evacuated ahead of a storm expected to bring more bad weather to the region.
More than 620 people live in the three nursing homes and an adult care center. None of those nursing homes had been evacuated for Sandy.
Health officials say the homes are already running on emergency generators. They are worried about first responders in the neighborhood being stretched too thin.
Some 91,000 homes and businesses are still without power in New York City.
With the temperatures dropping into the 30s overnight, people in dark, unheated homes were urged to go to overnight shelters or daytime warming centers.
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Nor'easter Named Athena Approaches Tri-State, First Winter Storm to Get Name
Athena is the first winter storm to get a name. The Weather Channel said Wednesday that it named the nor'easter because the storm's effects -- up to 6 inches of snow combined with winds gusting over as high as 65 mph -- will blast a region still just recovering from Sandy.