NYU Langone Hospital Evacuated

Hurricane Sandy Exposes Risks Of Closing of St. Vincent's Hospital.

From 1010 WINS : NYU Langone Hospital being evacuated after backup generator dies.

Patients are being taken down manually down flights of stairs and are expected to be transferred to Mount Sinai Medical Center in Manhattan.

Because NYU Langone Hospital has no electricity or phone service, they cannot notify the relatives or emergency contact persons of the NYU Langone Hospital's patients until the patients are received by a new hospital, WNBC has reported.

Video : At Japanese Nuclear Power Plant, A Large Explosion Took Place On Saturday

Breaking news : CNN reports that nuclear meltdown may be underway.

News video from Japan, showing the nuclear power plant explosion at Fukushima, Japan.

New YouTube video of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant explosion from Japanese news program. Video Credit : ProducerMatthew.

One day after the explosion, an image was broadcast by Sky News of the explosive damage to the ''Fukushima I'' (aka ''Fukushima Daiichi'') nuclear power plant. In the highlight bubble below, one can see the skeletal remains of the building's structure.

The risk to the public is very severe in Japan. Authorities have ordered an evacuation area spreading 20 kilometers around the nuclear power plant in Fukushima. Supplemental reports indicate that residents in close proximity of the Fukushima nuclear power plant have been ordered to avoid drinking tap water.