Storm Sandy: Cuomo and Bloomberg warn on NY housing

Source: BBC News

Tens of thousands of people in New York state left homeless by storm Sandy could soon need housing as cold weather closes in, the state governor and the mayor of New York City have warned.

There may be as many as 30,000-40,000 people "we have to find housing for", Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said.

State governor Andrew Cuomo said fuel shortages were improving.

At least 106 US deaths - 40 of them in New York City - have been blamed on Sandy, which struck on 29 October.

Mr Cuomo told a news conference on Sunday it would become "increasingly clear" that homes without heat were uninhabitable as temperatures fell.

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