No Pinoy casualties from superstorm Sandy
The Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C. and the Consulate General in New York have yet to receive reports of possible Filipino casualties following the onslaught of superstorm Sandy in the east coast.
Ambassador Jose Cuisia said Sandy has claimed 10 lives, cut power and forced many to flee their homes.
There are more than 460,000 Filipinos in 13 states across the eastern seaboard that bore the brunt of Sandy.
Cuisia said a team is on 24-hour-standby at the embassy to respond to any request for assistance from Filipinos affected by the typhoon; monitor the progress of the storm; and receive updates from the Filipino Community.
Reports from the Filipino community indicate that a number of Filipinos in New Jersey and New York fled their homes due to floodwaters that the superstorm spawned shortly before it made landfall near Cape May in the southern coast of New Jersey.
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