At least 10 people dead, nearly 1 million without power in New York metro area in Sandy's aftermath * New Yorkers dug out from Hurricane Sandy’s carnage today, following a hellish night of death and destruction brought on by the killer storm. Gotham residents, about 750,000 of them without any power, woke up to streets littered with uprooted trees and downed power lines. Sandy sucker punched Long Island, leaving 900,000 customers -- 90 percent of Nassau and Suffolk Counties -- in the dark, according to Gov. Cuomo. Two million statewide are without power, the governor added. “We expected an unprecedented storm impact here on New York City and that’s what we got,” Mayor Bloomberg said this morning. “So while the worst of this storm has passed, the conditions are still dangerous.” “Clearly the challenges our city faces in the coming days are enormous,” the mayor added. At least 250,000 Manhattan residents had no power at the height of the storm, most of them living below 39th Street. Almost 4,000 utility workers, from as far away as California, are expected to arrive in New York city and state this week to help turn on the power, Cuomo said. But don’t expect the lights to be on anytime soon. “Power may be out in lots of places for two or three days and maybe even a little bit longer than that,” Bloomberg said. Source : New York Post