9:51 AM EDT: Sewage at a rate of 2 million gallons per hour is spilling the into the main stem of the Little Patuxent River in Savage, Md. State officials say a power outage at a water reclamation plant is responsible.
9:47 AM EDT: Watch Live, Pa Gov. Tom Corbett press conference.
9:35 AM EDT: Most Amtrak train service in the Northeast remains suspended.
9:16 AM EDT: Lower Manhattan 'Before and After' Hurricane Sandy.
9:06 AM EDT: High Tide at the Battery in New York City.
9:00 AM EDT: Over 15, 773 flights have been cancelled as a result of Sandy. Delta and Jet Blue plan to resume flights to Washington, D.C. airports sometime today. All four New York City area airports remain closed.
7: 55 AM EDT: Con Edison is reporting 684,000 customers without power in the New York City area.
7:21 AM EDT: The storm surge moved a 170-foot-long tanker to land in Staten Island, New York.
7:13 AM EDT: The Associated Press is reporting that Sandy is responsible for 17 deaths in seven states.
6:55 AM EDT: A spokesperson for NYU Medical Center tells WABC's Stacey Sager that the hospital is still assessing the outage and its cause(s). The hospital has eight different generators, including at least one on a higher floor. They do not think they all went out but if in fact some are still working, it is not enough to power the whole hospital.
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6:33 AM EDT: A spokesperson for Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency tells ABC News's Matthew Jaffe that a second person has died from the storm.
6:13 AM EDT: Atlantic City has a boil water advisory for all residents and all shelters are filled to capacity.
6:02 AM EDT: President Obama has signed disaster declarations for New York and New Jersey.
5:49 AM EDT: A levee was breached overnight in Bergen County, N.J., according to Bergen County OEM PIO, Gina Jeanne Beratta. Minor injuries have been reported and rescue efforts are underway. Beratta says that hundred of people will need to be rescued.
5:00 AM EDT: PSE&G tells WABC that New Jersey has more than 2.3 million power outages.
3:44 AM EDT: FDNY says over 50 homes have been destroyed by the Breezy Point fire. It has been upgraded to a six-alarm fire. As of last count, there were 198 firefighters on the scene.
3:37 AM EDT: The FDNY now says 15 buildings are on fire in the Rockaways. Fire officials say the fire is difficult to fight because of heavy winds and the houses are close together. No people have been pulled out of houses and 145 firefighters are working the scene.
3:05 AM EDT: Nearly five million without power after Hurricane Sandy. New Jersey has been the hardest hit with more than 1.9 million without power.
1:55 AM EDT: MTA Chairman Joe Lhota said that seven subway tunnels under the East River flooded during the storm. It is not yet known when service will be restored. The Hugh L. Carey Tunnel (aka Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel) is flooded and the Queens Midtown Tunnel also took on water, Lhota said in a statement.
1:45 AM EDT: More than 10 houses are on fire in Breezy Point, Queens and the western end of the Rockaway peninsula, according to the FDNY. The FDNY has more than 100 firefighters on the scene but are having trouble reaching the fires because of the flooding. No reports of any injuries at this time.
1:17 AM EDT: ABC News' Jim DuBreuil sent this photo of a fire in the Breezy Point section of Brooklyn, N.Y.
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1:00 AM EDT: At least 13 deaths in the U.S. blamed on Sandy, according to the Associated Press.
12:45 AM EDT: CLICK HERE for the full story on the evacuation at NYU Medical Center.
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12:24 AM EDT: Sloan Kettering Hospital spokesman Chris Hickey confirmed to ABC News' Gitika Ahuja that it is receiving 26 adult patients from NYU, at their request. Hickey said she didn't know whether they had been admitted yet or what their conditions were.
12:22 AM EDT: Parts of lower Manhattan lose power after explosion at power station.
12:07 AM EDT: About 200 patients have been moved out of NYU Medical Center by private ambulances with assistance from the fire department.
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