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Hurricane Sandy flooded service levels at United Nations headquarters, officials say
Summary
Speakers in the transcript said Hurricane Sandy's storm surge overtopped the FDR Drive and flooded service levels at United Nations headquarters, damaging a print shop and equipment while the library and main archival collections appeared undamaged.
Speaker 1 said Tuesday that Hurricane Sandy's storm surge flooded the service levels of United Nations headquarters, causing heavy damage to a print shop and other equipment while the library and archival collections appeared intact.
"Sunday evening, we were becoming more acutely aware that, we were going to face a very large and critical incident, with the arrival of Hurricane Sandy," Speaker 1 said, describing the timeline as the storm approached.
"Tuesday morning, it became evident that we had suffered pretty major damage in the United Nations," Speaker 1 said, summarizing an initial damage…
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