With some East Coast cities still flooded and 8 million left without power, reports of mayhem begin trickling in. It begins on Coney Island.
A flooded Mermaid Avenue in Brooklyn's Coney Island.
Via: facebook.com
In his first post-Sandy press conference, Governor Chris Christie announced there had been no reports of looting in New Jersey's evacuation zones or areas without power. Newark Mayor Cory Booker also tweeted that police "have reported ZERO looting or crimes of opportunity in Newark." On Tuesday afternoon, an NYPD spokesman said he could not confirm any looting incidents in the New York City area.
Yet looting reports continued to surface on Twitter—an exceptional source for rumors, fake photos, and unconfirmed information this hurricane.
Some reports, however, had more solid sourcing.
Just before 11:30 a.m., @nycarecs —an account that posts updates from city radio communications and is part of FEMA's National Preparedness Coalition—tweeted that NYPD was "responding to looters in Coney Island right now, going into stores. Seveal [sic] cases of this, also, many cars broken into last night."
The situation is still developing:
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