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Staten Island Hard Hit By Hurricane Sandy, 19 Dead, Relief Fund Installed

Nov 02, 2012 11:10 AM EDT | By Staff Reporter

Staten Island was greatly affected by Hurricane Sandy with 19 deaths and major devastation to the island, resulting in the formation of relief fund to help those residents who were most hard-hit.

Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Borough President James Molinaro say the fund will help residents displaced from their homes. Details are being announced Friday near the Staten Island Ferry terminal.

Hurricane Sandy has left a death toll of 95 in the U.S. and Canada reached 95 with 48 deaths in New York State, 40 of them in the city.

Twelve deaths have been reported in New Jersey and four in Connecticut. The storm also killed at least 69 people in the Caribbean before it whipped toward the Northeast, including at least 54 in Haiti and 11 in Cuba.

Staten Island Borough president Molinaro told the Staten Island Advance newspaper that the devastation to the borough's coastline was unbelievable. He says the money raised for the fund in the borough will be used only there.

Thousands more buildings were searched on the shore of Staten Island, where search teams from Maryland, Massachusetts and Virginia joined city firefighters in going from what was left of one house to the next, hoping against hope to find survivors of the storm, not victims.

Some residents of Staten Island were upset with what they perceived as a slow effort to get help into the borough, the Staten Island Advance reported.

Resident Donna Solli said she's happy that relief arrived but "I wish they had been here yesterday."

"This is a start," she said.

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