*Storm damage projected at $20bn // Sandy kills at least 17 people in US and Canada - including five deaths in New York
*President Barack Obama has declared a 'major disaster' in New York and Long Island
*At least 7.4m properties across US East have lost power // New York City could be without power for a week
*NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg: 'We knew this was going to be very dangerous. This is a once-in-a-long-time storm'
*Bloomberg says city's 911 dispatchers are receiving 20,000 calls per hour and area without power is south of 34th St
*Mass transit system, schools, stock exchange and Broadway shut, as water overflows NYC's historic waterfront
*Record 13ft storm surge threatening lower Manhattan and howling winds left crane hanging from high-rise building
*Over 10,000 flights across the Northeast and the globe grounded due to Superstorm Sandy
*NYU Hospital loses backup power and evacuates patients // 19 workers trapped in Consolidated Edison power station
*More than 170 firefighters battled blaze destroying more than 50 homes in Breezy Point // Nuclear power plant on alert
*Water level in Manhattan lowest since 1821 // Levee has broken in northern New Jersey, flooding three towns
*Stock trading will be closed in the US again for a second day running - last time it was closed for two days was 1888
*Firefighters save 70 people trapped in Queens burning houses // Electrical explosion at power plant caught on camera
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