The $50billion superstorm: Full picture of the devastation wreaked by Sandy revealed in heartbreaking shots of US East Coast homes
- Superstorm Sandy has claimed lives of at least 55 people on US East Coast with New Jersey and NYC badly affected
- Obama skips campaign events in battleground states in favour of visit to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's state
- Gov Christie: 'We've got a big task ahead of us that we have to do together. This is what New Jerseyans are built for'
- Paul Ryan will be in Eau Claire Wisconsin, at 08:35 EDT (12:35 GMT) // Mitt Romney in Tampa, Florida at 11:10 (15:10)
- Vice-President Joe Biden in Sarasota, Florida at 11:30 (15:30) // Obama in Atlantic City, New Jersey at 13:00 (17:00)
- Obama will return to campaign trail tomorrow with trips to Green Bay, Wisconsin; Boulder, Colorado; and Las Vegas
Barack
Obama will today meet victims of Superstorm Sandy in New Jersey -
skipping campaign events in battleground US regions in favour of
visiting a state he is confident of winning - as it was revealed the
total damage caused by Superstorm Sandy is expected to eventually hit $50billion (£31billion).
The
President's visit today - just six days before the election is due next
Tuesday - has forced his Republican challenger Mitt Romney to walk a
careful line, with him having to show respect for the storm’s casualties
along the East Coast, even though he can't afford to waste a minute of
campaign time.
This photo from the New Jersey Governor's Office shows damage north of Seaside, New Jersey, on Tuesday after Superstorm Sandy made landfall
Severe damage: This picture provided by the US
Coast Guard shows property damages along the New Jersey coast caused by
Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday
Underwater: This picture provided shows flooded homes in Tuckerton, New Jersey, after Superstorm Sandy made landfall on the southern New Jersey coastline
Flooding: A Portion of Harvey Cedars on Long
Beach Island, New Jersey is underwater on Tuesday, a day after
Superstorm Sandy blew across the state
Uprooted: This picture provided by the US Coast Guard shows property damage along the New Jersey coast caused by Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday
Changed landscape This photo from the New Jersey
Governor's Office shows flooding on the bay side of Seaside, New
Jersey, on Tuesday after Sandy made landfall
Just still there: The damage caused by Hurricane Sandy to the New Jersey coast, in a photo taken during a search and rescue mission
Severe destruction: An aerial view from
Greenpeace taken by Tim Aubry of the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy
along the New Jersey coast
After tamping down his partisan tone
yesterday at an Ohio event that emphasised victims' relief, Mr Romney
planned three full-blown campaign rallies today in Florida, the largest
competitive state.
Sandy largely spared Florida, so Mr
Romney calculates he can campaign there without appearing callous. But
President Obama’s revised schedule is also a political gamble.
Rather than use the campaign's final
Wednesday to woo voters in the tossup states that will decide the
election, he will go before cameras with New Jersey's Republican
governor, Chris Christie.
Governor Christie is a prominent
supporter of Mr Romney and a frequent critic of the President. But
the Governor praised President Obama's handling of the response to
Superstorm Sandy. This is a political twist the visit is
sure to underscore.
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