TAPE: 000000 IN_TIME: 00:00:00 DURATION: 3:35 SOURCES: APTN/ABC RESTRICTIONS: Part No US Networks DATELINE: 17 Sep 2001 SHOTLIST: (FIRST RUN 1200 EUROPE 17 SEP) APTN - APTN Clients Only 1. Wide shot, water, pan to new NYC skyline at dawn (from inbound Staten Island Ferry) 2. Various shots commuters (FIRST RUN 1700 EUROPE 17 SEP) ABC - No Access US Networks 3. Wide shot, rescue operations at dawn 4. Medium shot, flags over construction site 5. Medium shot, debris being removed 6. Wide shot, ferries in NYC harbour 7. Medium shot of harbour (FIRST RUN 1500 EUROPE 17 SEP) APTN - APTN Clients Only 8. Wide shot, Times Square buildings, tilt to street 9. Medium shot street vendor 10. Close-up, money being counted 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Brannon, Street Vendor "We have to keep business as usual. We have to live. You know, just like how I read this morning, you know, people have to keep going. You can't let those people know, you know, that this little thing right here - well, it wasn't a little thing, but something like this, as traumatic as this, will go ahead and stop us from functioning. We got to keep going." 12. Close-up, missing poster on pole in Times Square 13. Medium shot, street food vendor 14. Close-up, man buying croissant 15. Times Square 16. Medium shot, banners and flags on construction site 17. Medium shot, people walking under LCD display of US flag 20. NY Stock Exchange street sign, people coming out of the subway (FIRST RUN 1700 EUROPE 17 SEP) 21. SOUNDBITE (English) Trader "Well, I was at a wake last night, for some of our members who died in the World Trade Centre. And there are a numbers of brokers on my floor that they haven't found. So it's going to be a tough week" (FIRST RUN 1500 EUROPE 17 SEP) 22. Low-angle shot, people coming out of subway 23. Close-up, stock exchange, pan to commuters 24. Various of ID checkpoint with police officers 25. SOUNDBITE (English) Dave Sobel, Wall Street Employee "Oh yeah, this area has gone through plenty and has survived, it'll be fine." 26. wide shot banner, pan to Wall Street 27. SOUNDBITE (English) Matthew Denezza, Wall Street Employee "You know I feel more anxious about what has occurred than what I fear is going to occur." 30. medium shot tilt down, photo discount store to owner cleaning up 31. Close-up shot grime on the floor 32. Wide shot man waving US flag in the street 33. Medium shot flag, people in street STORYLINE Life in New York City resumed some semblance of normality on Monday as commuters headed back to work. Commuters crossing the river on the re-opened Staten Island ferry had a very different skyline to welcome them to their working day. Bereft of the giant World Trade Centre Twin Towers, downtown Manhattan looked less imposing than before Tuesday's collapse. But New Yorkers were determined to move on, with businesses re-opening throughout the city on Monday. Times Square, usually bustling with activity, was busy again with street vendors and tourist shops - interspersed with US flags, banners and posters of missing people. Vendors said it was important for businesses to reopen or the aftereffects of the attack would be even worse. The economy needs to get going again, they argued. Businesses had spent the weekend cleaning up the debris littering the city's financial district. Utility workers laid and rewired thousands of cables to restore telecommunications and power, while the city prepared the subway system for its first real use in nearly a week. But challenges remained. Although the larger investment houses relocated their operations in backup locations outside the financial district, others struggled to get their offices up and running. And close to 'ground zero' - the site of the destroyed World Trade Centre - there was limited access to the area for those needing to get back to work. The only way to get into the zone was to have proof of residency or employment in that area. Many couldn't produce the right documents and were turned away.

1950 aerial of the Statue of Liberty located in the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor.

Several shots of coast guard patrol boats and NYC police boats patrolling on Hudson River in front of UN building seen from inside cafeteria of UN building, including shots of anchored coast guard ship.

1930's PERSONALITIES 1

Animation of sea level rise flooding New York City, USA. The chart at right shows the sea level rise in feet (30.5 centimetres). Sea level is predicted to rise as global warming melts ice caps and glaciers.

WW I warships archor in New York City's Hudson Harbor. Sailors peel potatoes and participate in a pie-eating contest circa 1929.

TAPE: EF01/0882 IN_TIME: 04:10:57 - 07:33:05 DURATION: 3:24 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: DATELINE: New York, 23 Dec 2001 SHOTLIST: 1. Wide shot NYC skyline from harbour 2. Mid shot statue, zoom out to wide of group at statue 3. Mid shot of torch being passed from person to person (family of WTC victims) 4. Close up photo Michael Haub, firefighter killed in WTC, zoom out to wife 5. Close up photo Paul Gill, zoom out to father holding torch 6. Wide shot ground zero from ferry 7. Wide shot people looking at ground zero on ferry 8. SOUNDBITE (English) John Gill, Son Paul was firefighter killed in WTC: "I'm representing also, everyone who expired on September 11th, it's a great honor. I'm dignified, I'm flabbergasted also at being called like this, it's just a wonderful thing to do. The torch from the flame which represents the games, the Olympics, also represents nations coming together, a symbol of peace. Also being at the Statue tonight, to light that torch tonight is a symbol of freedom." 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Gill, Brother was firefighter killed in WTC: "Well my brother used to have a little saying that he used to sing one of his favorite songs, which was 'Shine on You Crazy Diamond,' so this is just perfect. He is shining on, the torch is shining on in my brother's name, as well as all the other names of people that have been lost down there." 10. Mid shot torch being run through streets of Manhattan 11. Wide shot inside Rockefeller Center 12. Close up candles representing people lost on Sept.11 13. Wide shot Giuliani running into center with torch in hand, pauses to shake hands 14. Wide shot Giuliani walking onto stage and shaking hands 15. Mid shot cutaway people watching ceremony 16. Mid shot Giuliani standing with torch 17. Mid shot woman singing, pan to Giuliani lighting flame with torch 18. SOUNDBITE (English) Rudolph Giuliani, Mayor of New York: "I carried this flame in honour of my heros, the New York Fire Department, the New York Police Department, the Port Authority Police Department, the Court Offices, the emergency workers and all those people who gave their lives on September 11, to save the lives of other people and to save the dignity and honor of the United States of America." 19. Close up flame burning STORYLINE: The Olympic torch made its way through the boroughs and streets of New York City on Sunday night, carried by runners who lost family members and friends in the terrorist attacks of September 11. The torch paused for a brief but solemn ceremony aboard a ferry in front of the Statue of Liberty. Fourteen people passed the torch from one to another, among them police officers, firefighters and relatives of those who died in the attacks. Some held up pictures of lost loved ones. Then those aboard the ferry sang an impromptu "God Bless America." A short while later, at a midtown Manhattan pier, the torch continued its journey toward Rockefeller Center. It was passed off to other runners, including Lyzbeth Glick. Her husband, Jeremy, was aboard United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in Pennsylvania. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani carried the torch on its final leg into the plaza at Rockefeller Center, where he lit a cauldron. The cauldron will keep the flame burning until Wednesday, when the torch will begin its journey to Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Aerial footage of the Statue of Liberty, New York City, USA.

NAME: US BATTLESHIP 20061205I TAPE: EF06/1177 IN_TIME: 10:55:20:01 DURATION: 00:02:02:09 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION/WABC DATELINE: New York City, 5 Dec 2006 RESTRICTIONS: see script SHOTLIST: WABC - No access North America 1. +Aerial+ pull out from churning wake of three tugs hauling USS Intrepid away from wharf 2. +Aerial+ wake and sterns of three tugs and stern of Intrepid AP Television News 3. Stern of Intrepid moving forward slightly 4. Intrepid with New York skyline and onlookers, some cheering, UPSOUND (English): "Woo! We're moving, we're moving, we're moving!" 5. Tug pushing Intrepid 6. Wide pan of Intrepid and people on wharf as Intrepid blows horn and people clap 7. People on wharf looking 8. Fire Department boat spraying water from hoses passing Intrepid as it moves down Hudson River 9. Rainbow in water spray near Intrepid +MUTE+ 10. Wide of Intrepid being towed down Hudson River 11. Intrepid decks with people and banner, reading: "Honor our heroes" WABC - No Access North America +MUTE+ 12. +Aerial+ pull out from deck of Intrepid to show tugs pulling and pushing 13. +Aerial+ of tug pushing Intrepid's stern AP Television News +MUTE+ 14. Intrepid moving towards the mouth of the Hudson River and Statue of Liberty WABC - No access North America +MUTE+ 15. +Aerial+ pan of Intrepid near the Statue of Liberty STORYLINE: A month after a failed attempt to move the USS Intrepid, the historic aircraft carrier was finally freed on Tuesday from the Hudson River anchorage where it had sat for nearly a quarter of a century as a museum. The trip began with considerable effort, the historic aircraft carrier-turned-museum inched haltingly away from its anchorage. Finally, it began moving at about 3 to 4 knots. In the previous attempt, thick mud had proved too strong for six "tractor tugs" exerting some 30-thousand horsepower to shift it. Another battle occurred this time - the blue water was churned dark brown as tugboats strained to budge the giant vessel from its longtime home. The smaller boats moved the ship stern first into the centre of the Hudson River, then nudged the bow until it was parallel with the shore and began heading downstream. The carrier was being towed down the river toward New York Harbour for a five-mile trip to a shipyard in Bayonne, New Jersey, where it will undergo renovations. A Fire Department boat sailed alongside the Intrepid, shooting red, white and blue coloured water from its hoses. River traffic resumed after being halted while the ship was pulling away from the pier. Based on an assessment by military engineers and tugboat operators, officials had said they expected a smooth departure for the 64-year-old World War II hero ship. In the first attempt on 6 November, the 36-thousand ton carrier moved only a few feet before the propellers dug into the bottom, the tide dropped, and the mission was abandoned. The second effort was similar but without the ceremonial trappings. Instead of VIPs, only officials, journalists and ex-crew members were on deck. USS Intrepid survived five Japanese kamikaze suicide plane attacks and lost 270 crew members in the last two years of the World War II fought in the Pacific. It later served off Korea and Vietnam and as a recovery ship for NASA astronauts. Decommissioned in the late 1970s, it was destined for the salvage yard when rescued by New York developer Zachary Fisher and transformed into a floating military and space museum that opened in 1982, recently drawing upward of 700-thousand visitors a year. Intrepid officials said the 60 million (m) US dollar overhaul, lasting up to two years, would include stem-to-stern "refurbishment and renovation" to repair deterioration and open up long-closed areas to the public. The ship's exhibits were put in storage and most of its 20-plus vintage warplanes shrink-wrapped for protection during the renovation.

Aerial footage of the Statue of Liberty, New York City, USA.

An unidentified hotel and harbor. View of the United Nations building from the East River.

Aerial footage of the Statue of Liberty, New York City, USA.

In an air conditioned crate, the Mona Lisa leaves the Louvre and is shipped to New York City. Note Mastered currently in DVC PRO HD 16 x 9 from film. Available in all HD and SD 43 formats.

NAME: US TRIAL 20100129I TAPE: EF10/0093 IN_TIME: 10:09:30:05 DURATION: 00:02:05:08 SOURCES: AP Television/Agency Pool/ABC News DATELINE: Various - 29 Jan 2010/ File RESTRICTIONS: Check shotlist for details SHOTLIST: AP Television New York, NY FILE - Recent Unknown Date 1. Aerial of downtown New York Agency Pool Guantanamo Bay, Cuba FILE - Recent Unknown Date 2. Wide, sign reading "US Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba" 3. Soldier walking through detention centre 4. Detainees walking outside, behind barbed wire fence ABC News - No access N/America, Internet New York, NY - 29 January, 2010 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Bloomberg, New York Mayor: "It would be better to do it elsewheres if they could find a venue. It''s not my job to tell them what kind of a trial. I''m not a legal expert in any case. But if called on, we''ll help them. And I will say I think they''re trying, they understand, and they''re trying to do something. It''s just there are no easy answers." AP Television New York, NY FILE - Recent unknown date 6. Tilt down of Federal courthouse, proposed location for trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others 7. Close up of the address "500 Pearl Street" on the building AP Television New York, NY - 29 January, 2010 7. SOUNDBITE (English) David Paterson, New York State Governor: "We are just elated that our concerns are being considered by the President and the federal government." AP Television New York, NY FILE - Recent Unknown Date 8. Aerial of Ground Zero 9. Construction work at Ground Zero AP Television New York, NY - 29 January, 2010 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Vox Pop: Marie Darline, New Yorker: "I think it would be a burden to New York City because we already have all these threats that we''re coming across on a daily basis. To add this to it would just be, well yeah, too much of a burden." AP Television New York, NY FILE - Recent Unknown Date 17. Street scene AP Television New York, NY - 29 January, 2010 18. SOUNDBITE (English) Vox Pop: Jeff Jacoby, New Yorker: "We''re not looking for symbolism. We''re looking for justice at this point and justice isn''t really going to be served well, if we''re going to have to suffer financially. It''s no point - they''re going to hurt us twice. They hurt us once and then come back to do it again and then hurt us financially a second time, it''s no good." AP Television West Point, NY FILE - Recent Unknown Date 19. Church steeple AP Television West Point, NY - 9 February, 2009 20. Military band playing AP Television Stewart Air Force Base, Newburgh, NY - 21 May, 2009 21. Various, cargo planes STORYLINE: The Obama administration is considering relocating the planned trial in New York of the man accused of masterminding the attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September, 2001, it emerged on Friday. There has been growing opposition in the city, with some residents saying they suffered enough at the time and others pointing to the cost of the trial and the affect on the city economy. Two administration officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said on Friday that the US Justice department is drawing up plans for possible alternative locations to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged accomplices in case Congress or local officials prevent the trial from being held in Manhattan. Attorney General Eric Holder announced last year that the trial would be held in Manhattan federal court, generating stiff opposition in Congress and in New York. Word that the Administration is considering a backup plan for the high-profile trial comes after President Barack Obama and Holder spent weeks on the defensive about their handling of terrorism threats. The administration has admitted intelligence failures leading up to the attempted Christmas bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner, and the case re-ignited a debate in Congress about whether such terror suspects should face civilian or military justice. Moving the trial from the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan, near the site of the World Trade Centre, would be a major political setback. The officials would not discuss locations under consideration but suggestions have included Governors Island, a former military base in New York Harbour that now welcomes summertime picnickers and bike riders, the US Military Academy at West Point or Stewart Air National Guard Base in nearby Newburgh, New York, 60 miles (100 kilometres) north of Manhattan. Obama has maintained his support for a civilian trial. White House spokesman Bill Burton said Thursday that the President is committed to seeing Mohammed and his alleged accomplices brought to justice, and believes that it can be done successfully and securely in a federal court. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who originally supported plans to hold the trial in Manhattan, reversed his position this week and called Holder to lobby for moving the proceedings. The city has claimed it will cost hundreds of (m) millions of US dollars to provide security for a court case which is expected to last at least a year. Bloomberg said in his weekly radio show on Friday that he had spoken with several "high level" people in the administration about his concerns. He said the administration understands and is "trying to do something." Lawmakers stepped up their opposition after Bloomberg''s u-turn and New York Senator Charles Schumer called the White House to urge them to move the trial elsewhere. New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters on Friday that a backlash had made it ''unlikely'' that the case would go forward in the city.

TAPE: EF01/0655 IN_TIME: 23:39:27 DURATION: 5:47 SOURCES: FOX / APTN/ ABC RESTRICTIONS: DATELINE: New York City - 13 September 2001 SHOTLIST: FOX September 12 (First run Europe Morning 0900, September 13) 1. Emergency workers carrying out body in body bag on stretcher ABC - September 13 2. Wide shot of wreckage 3. Body being carried out on stretcher 4. Body parts being carried out in orange bag September 12 (First Run 0300GMT Europe Early, 13 September 2001) 5. Rescue workers coming out with stretcher with body bag FOX September 13 (First run 0800 Europe Morning, September 13) 6. Various of emergency services at scene of World Trade Centre collapse APTN September 12 7. Various of national guardsmen/women on trucks going down Park Avenue 8. National guards with drinking water tank 9. National guard on East side of Manhattan 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rudolph Giuliani, Mayor of New York City: "We have 4763 people on the missing persons list - that's a list as inclusive as we can make it, it includes the plane itself, the manifest, it includes people who have been identified to us like family members, it includes information we have been able to glean from businesses who are looking for people that they believed were working and they haven't been able to make contact with." 11. SOUNDBITE: (English) George Pataki, New York governor: "If people want to help out, whether they are medical professionals or construction workers or just simply people who want to volunteer we'll be able to sign them up, put down the nature of their offer of assistance and be able to call on them as this process goes forward as it will, not just for days but for weeks and weeks." September 13 APTN - Baltimore, September 13 12. Wide shot of USNS Comfort 13. Various of navy crew getting on board FOX September 12 (First run Europe Morning 0900, September 13) 14. Various of workers sifting and clearing rubble 15. Workers welding metal ABC 16. Two fire officers looking under concrete slab 17. Dog rummaging through rubble 18. Dog resting, handler gives dog water September 12 19. Fire officers (5.15pm local time) run out of building after colleague tells them adjacent building in world trade centre complex may collapse September 13 20. National guard march through streets 21. Fire officers walk along street STORYLINE: Rescue crews picked through the smoking ruins of the World Trade Centre on Thursday in a desperate search for survivors. New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said 3,700 people were reported missing. So far 94 are confirmed dead, of whom 30 or fewer had been identified. A vast section of New York City was sealed off on Thursday, with the stock markets to remain closed for the longest stretch since World War II. Work was slowed by bursts of flame and the collapse of the last standing section of one of the towers destroyed by the two hijacked jet planes. The 3,700 missing, added to the deaths in Washington and Pennsylvania when hijacked airliners crashed into the Pentagon and a field outside Pittsburgh, would bring the total to around 4,000. The predicted death toll is greater than any other historical U-S disaster - 2,390 Americans died at Pearl Harbour nearly 60 years ago, and 1,500 died when the Titanic sank. Firefighters armed with cameras and listening devices on long poles searched for survivors. German shepherd dogs and golden retrievers clambered over the debris, sniffing. On Wednesday, five people were pulled alive from the World Trade Center rubble - three of them police officers. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was among those who escaped Tuesday's attack uninjured, bolting from a building barely a block from the site when the first of the towers collapsed. A Navy hospital ship, which is intended to be used as a hospital or a morgue, left the Port of Baltimore for New York. The USNS Comfort received orders to sail from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is one of two hospital ships heading to New York the other is leaving from North Carolina. More than 3,000 tons of rubble was taken by boat to an old garbage dump, where the FBI and other investigators searched for evidence. They are hoping to find the hijacked airliners' black boxes with clues to what happened in the final terrifying minutes before the crashes. Insurance industry experts say the attack could become the nation's most expensive man-made disaster ever, with payout estimates ranging from five (b) billion to 25 (b) billion dollars. The densely packed lower tip of Manhattan island, an area roughly eight square kilometres, remained off-limits to everyone but emergency workers. Volunteers emerged from the search-and-rescue mission with grisly tales as they cleared away the twisted steel and glass wreckage of the twin towers. Among the missing are at least 202 firefighters and possibly up to 350. 154 workers from the Port Authority and 57 New York Police Department and Port Authority police officers are also missing.

Aerial footage of the Statue of Liberty, New York City, USA.

AP-APTN-1930: US Sandy Sunday, 28 October 2012 STORY:US Sandy- New York Mayor orders subways to close ahead of Hurricane Sandy arrival LENGTH: 03:26 FIRST RUN: 1630 RESTRICTIONS: Part No Access Broadcast or Digital in North America TYPE: Natsound/English SOURCE: AP TELEVISION/ABC/NOAA/NYC handout STORY NUMBER: 864703 DATELINE: Various, 28 Oct 2012 LENGTH: 03:26 SHOTLIST: AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Long Beach, New York ++16:9++ 1. Mid of women on bench looking at waves 2. Wide of sand pushed against board walk 3. Various of people filling sand bags 4. SOUNDBITE (English) vox pop, Maureen Nicoletti, Long Beach resident: "I think it always pays to be cautious in circumstances like this. You have a potentially huge storm coming and we are right on the water. What else can we do, but try to be prepared?" 5. Mid of Adam Marcus pushing cart filled with sand bags 6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Adam Marcus, Long Beach resident: "No, this guy at the beach was saying, 'oh this is all for nothing, it is a waste of time'. And I figure 'just in case'. The guy says, 'in 40 years I have lived here, nothing has happened', and, this could be the one time. So, why not?" ABC - Access all outside North America / No Access broadcast or digital in North America Seabright, New Jersey ++16:9++ 7. Mid of man walking towards shore line NOAA Handout - AP Clients Only Miami, Florida ++16:9++ 8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rick Knabb, Director of the National Hurricane Centre: "The weather will go downhill along the mid-Atlantic and north-eastern coastal areas and then inland, well in advance of the circulation centre going near or over your location and you could experience long periods of very bad weather even if the centre never comes anywhere near you, just as the folks in North Carolina are currently experiencing." AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Long Beach, New York ++16:9++ 9. Various of sand bags on street in front of apartments ABC - Access all outside North America / No Access broadcast or digital in North America New York, New York 16:9 ++MUTE++ 10. Wide of city skyline New York City handout - AP Clients Only ++4:3++ New York, New York 11. Mid of Mayor Michael Bloomberg walking into news conference 12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Bloomberg, New York City Mayor: "Let me stress that if you don't evacuate, you are just putting your own life - you are not just putting your own life in danger - you are also endangering the lives of our first responders who may have to come in and rescue you. And we hope that you don't face those kinds of dire situations, but you could." NOAA Handout - AP Clients Only Miami, Florida ++16:9++ 13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rick Knabb, Director of the National Hurricane Centre: "We could see water levels, above ground level, of four to eight feet due to the combination of storm surge and tide anywhere from about Ocean City, Maryland to the Connecticut-Rhode Island border of four to eight feet above ground level. Somewhere in those areas it could be that high, especially right near the coast line - again, above ground level. And then within that area there is a region where we are forecasting six to 11 feet of storm surge and tide-produced flooding above ground level in Long Island Sound, the New York Harbour, the New York City area and this general area of coastline that is shaped in such a way that it captures the water being pushed near the coastline along the northern side of the circulation." New York City handout - AP Clients Only ++4:3++ New York, New York 14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Michael Bloomberg, New York City Mayor: "In light of these conditions, I am going to sign an executive order mandating evacuation of Zone A areas. I am also ordering that all of the city's public schools be closed on Monday." ABC - Access all outside North America / No Access broadcast or digital in North America Rehobeth, Maryland ++16:9++ 15. Mid of workers picking up rubbish bins and putting them on back of truck in windy conditions STORYLINE: Big cities and small towns across the Northeast United States started preparing on Sunday for the onslaught of the superstorm, Hurricane Sandy, threatening some 50 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered the evacuation of around 375,000 people from low-lying areas, including parts of Manhattan, shut down the city's subway, buses and trams from midnight and announced that schools would be closed on Monday. Taking the warning seriously, residents from Long Beach, New York started loading sand bags to help protect their properties against flooding. "I think it always pays to be cautious in circumstances like this," said Maureen Nicoletti. "What else can we do, but try to be prepared?" Pushing a cart loaded down with sand bags, Adam Marcus said not everyone in the area shared his concern. "This guy at the beach was saying, 'oh this is all for nothing, it is a waste of time'," Marcus said. "This could be the one time. So, why not (prepare)?" The Director of the National Hurricane Centre, Rick Knabb, warned residents that the size of the storm will have a wide-ranging impact. "The weather will go downhill along the mid-Atlantic and north-eastern coastal areas and then inland well in advance of the circulation centre going near or over your location and you could experience long periods of very bad weather even if the centre never comes anywhere near you," he reported. Mayor Bloomberg said it was imperative that New Yorkers responded to evacuation orders. "If you don't evacuate, you are not only endangering your life, you are also endangering the lives of the first responders who are going in to rescue you," he said at a news conference confirming the evacuation orders, as well as the decision to close public transport and schools. Tens of thousands of people along the coast in Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut and other threatened areas were also under orders to clear out because of the danger of as much as a foot of rain, punishing winds of 80 mph and a potentially deadly tidal surge of 4 to 8 feet (1.2m to 2.4m). Knabb also warned the flood surge could be higher around New York City. "There is a region where we are forecasting six to 11 (1.8m to 3.3m) feet of storm surge and tide-produced flooding above ground level in Long Island Sound, the New York Harbour, the New York City area and this general area of coastline that is shaped in such a way that it captures the water being pushed near the coastline along the northern side of the circulation." Sandy was headed north from the Caribbean, where it left nearly five dozen people dead, and was expected to hook left toward the mid-Atlantic coast and come ashore late Monday or early Tuesday, most likely in New Jersey, colliding with a wintry storm moving in from the west and cold air streaming down from the Arctic. Forecasters warned that the resulting megastorm could wreak havoc over 800 miles (1287km) from the East Coast to the Great Lakes. The danger was not just limited to coastal areas, with forecasters worried about inland flooding. They also warned that the rain could saturate the ground, causing trees to topple onto power lines and cause blackouts that could last for several days. States of emergency were declared from North Carolina, where gusty winds whipped steady rain on Sunday morning, to Connecticut. Delaware ordered 50,000 people in coastal communities to clear out by 8 pm Sunday. Sandy was at Category 1 strength, packing 75 mile per hour winds (120kph), about 250 miles (400km) southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and moving northeast at 14mph (22kph) as of 11 am EST (1500 GMT) Sunday, according to the National Hurricane Centre in Miami. Airlines started moving planes out of airports to avoid damage and added Sunday flights out of New York and Washington in preparation for flight cancellations on Monday. President Barack Obama was monitoring the storm and working with state and locals governments to make sure they get the resources needed to prepare, administration officials said. 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World Trade Center, New York, USA, aerial footage.