New York rations petrol after storm

The nor'easter that scuppered recovery efforts after Superstorm Sandy pulled away from New York and New Jersey today, leaving hundreds of thousands of new people in darkness after a blanket of thick, wet snow snapped storm-weakened trees and downed power lines. Meanwhile, New York imposed a petrol rationing plan that allows motorists to fill up every other day. Sandy slammed the coast and inflicted tens of billions of dollars in damage and hundreds of thousands of customers in New York and New Jersey were still waiting for the electricity to come back on, with cold and tired people losing patience. To add to their woe, the nor'easter then brought gusting winds, rain and snow on Wednesday, though not the flooding that was anticipated. Snow blanketed several states and prevented recovery efforts spawned by Sandy as storm-weakened trees snapped and power lines came down before the nor'easter pulled away. A new petrol rationing plan was put in place from today by which motorists can fill up every other day. Police will be on forecourts to enforce the new system in New York City and on Long Island. "This is designed to let everybody have a fair chance, so the lines aren't...