’All fours’ runner sets 100m record

Coastal residents of New York and New Jersey faced fresh warnings to evacuate their homes today as a new storm took aim, a week after Superstorm Sandy left dozens dead and millions without power.

Up to 100 homes have been destroyed by a huge fire in a the flooded New York area of Queens.

A fire has destroyed at least 50 homes in a flooded neighbourhood in the New York City borough of Queens, officials said today.