Sandy has lost its tropical characteristics and the National Hurricane Center has now classified the system as "post-tropical". However, this does not mean anything in terms of impacts (damaging winds, coastal flooding, etc.) as they will continue to be the same.Sandy made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone on the southern coast of New Jersey near Atlantic City at 8 p.m. with top sustained winds of 80 mph.Given that Sandy is no longer officially a hurricane, The Weather Channel and weather.com will refer to the system as "Superstorm Sandy". 1: Storm Surge Flooding in New York City IWITNESS WEATHER: JORDANF05Flooding near Avenue C and 14th street in New York City.With the first high tide cycle this morning, significant coastal flooding inundated many locations in southern New Jersey.During the second high tide cycle Monday evening, storm surge flooding inundated portions of the New York City area. Water was reported to be three feet deep in 4 New York plaza and six feet deep outside. Large amounts of water flooded the path train system under the Hudson River. WNBC reported that water was up to the attics of homes on Staten Island with rescues ongoing. FDNY engine 206 headquarters on Grand Street was evacuated by boats. An iWitness Weather photo showed flooding near Avenue C and 14th street in New York City. A tweet sent by @MTAinsider showed water in the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel (Brooklyn Battery Tunnel). A new storm tide record of 13.88 feet was set at The Battery in New York City on Monday evening. The old record was 11.2 feet in 1821. Tide levels in Sandy Hook, N.J. have topped the previous record from the Dec. 1992 Nor'easter and Hurricane Donna in 1960!Coastal flooding will continue through additional tide cycles beyond Monday's peak into Tuesday afternoon, in some areas!(MORE: New York area impacts) 2: Winds of 60 to 80+ mph Reported LocationTop Wind GustEatons Neck, N.Y.94 mphTuckerton, N.J.88 mphWesterly, R.I.86 mphNew York, N.Y. (JFK airport)79 mphWind gusts of 60 to 80+ mph have been reported from Maine to New Jersey and Maryland. Wind gusts have topped 60 mph in Boston and New York City.Downed trees, powerlines and other wind-related damage has been reported in Maine, Mass., Conn., R.I., N.Y., N.J., Pa., Vt., N.H. and Ohio.The threat of downed trees, powerlines and power outages will continue through Monday night and early Tuesday. Some structural damage is also possible in areas with winds gusting above 70 mph.(MORE: Sandy's status and forecast impacts | City-by-city impacts) 3: Near Six Million Without Power As of very early Tuesday morning, The Weather Channel and weather.com News Desk reports that there is a total of more than 5.9 million customers without power from Sandy.

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joseph kony

A former Catholic altar boy from northern Uganda, Joseph Kony has waged war against the government of President Yoweri Museveni for almost two decades.

Joseph Kony is accused of numerous war crimes

His Lord's Resistance Army movement has been demanding that Uganda be ruled according to the Biblical 10 Commandments.

Wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr Kony has failed to sign a peace deal with Uganda's government.n August 28, 2008, the United States Treasury Department placed Kony on its list of "Specially Designated Global Terrorists," a designation that carries financial and other penalties.^[15] It is not known whether Kony has any assets that are affected by this designation.

In May 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law the Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act,^[16] legislation aimed at stopping Kony and the LRA. The bill passed unanimously in the Senate on March 11, 2010 with 65 senators as cosponsors, then passed unanimously in the House of Representatives on May 13, 2010 with 202 representatives as cosponsors.

In November 2010, Obama delivered a strategy document to Congress, asking for more money to disarm Kony and the LRA.^[17]

In October 2011, Obama authorized the deployment of approximately 100 combat-equipped U.S. troops to central Africa.^[18] They will help regional forces “remove from the battlefield” Joseph Kony and senior LRA leaders. "Although the U.S. forces are combat-equipped, they will only be providing information, advice, and assistance to partner nation forces, and they will not themselves engage LRA forces unless necessary for self-defense," Obama said in a letter to Congress.