-- The police department released videos Wednesday to YouTube of helicopter rescues on Staten Island. Rescuers brought six people to safety Tuesday after floodwater trapped them in their homes.

-- Mayor Michael Bloomberg posted to Twitter on Tuesday that financial markets will resume Wednesday.

-- Amtrak said flooding in its tunnels under the Hudson and East rivers made it impossible to predict when service would be restored to Penn Station.

-- A CNN crew at the Breezy Point section of Queens reported smelling gas and seeing an electric line mast catch fire Wednesday. More than 80 houses were lost in a large blaze there after Sandy pushed a storm surge ashore.

-- John F. Kennedy International Airport was to reopen at 7 a.m. Wednesday with limited service, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said. LaGuardia remained closed.

-- About 1.9 million are still without power, suppliers said.

-- New York City's Office of Emergency Management on Twitter called on residents to report imposters posing as power company employees, reminding them to look for identification cards.

-- Bus service will run on regular routes Wednesday, the Metropolitan Transit Authority announced, though there may be detours and "substantial waits." But subway tunnels remain flooded with no estimated time for repair.

-- A crane atop a luxury Manhattan skyscraper under construction is dangling over West 57th Street.

NORTH CAROLINA

-- The death toll stands at two, including a crew member of the HMS Bounty that went down over open sea.

-- The captain of the Bounty remains missing.

-- Power has been restored to the vast majority of customers.

-- The state of emergency for 24 counties in the western part of the state remains in effect because of snow.

OHIO

-- The state has dispatched nearly 400 crews to clear storm debris.

-- Suppliers said 151,000 homes and businesses were without power.

PENNSYLVANIA

-- The death toll in the state remains at three, including an 8-year-old boy who was struck by a tree limb.

-- Utilities said 896,000 homes and businesses were without power.

RHODE ISLAND

-- The union's smallest state, with slightly more than 1 million residents, reported 64,000 customers without electricity.

-- The state has closed most of its emergency shelters.

VIRGINIA

-- Virginia's death toll remains at two, both traffic fatalities.

-- The number of customers without power stood at 55,000.

-- The state has seen heavy snowfall.

WEST VIRGINIA

-- Parts of West Virginia have seen at least 2 feet of snowfall from Sandy, and a winter storm warning is in effect there, with more snow expected in the Appalachians.

-- One fatality has been attributed to the storm.

-- Utilities said 239,000 customers had lost power.

CANADA

-- Superstorm Sandy is drifting to the north toward Canada, sending gale-force gusts across the Great Lakes.

-- Power has been restored to 113,000 customers in Ontario, with 37,000 still without electricity, the provincial energy minister said.

-- Sandy's effects will be felt for a few days in Ontario, according to its government website. Rains have caused flooding and road closures.

-- Authorities blamed flying debris for the death of a Toronto woman.