Superstorm Sandy's Human Toll Mounts; At Least 56 Killed In U.S. -- CNN
(CNN) -- A father and son drowned in the basement of their home. A young girl was killed when the storm surge swallowed her house. A woman was electrocuted when she stepped on a downed electrical line.
Still others were missing: Two boys ripped from their mother's arms by fierce waves, and a man believed to have been carried away by floodwaters.
As authorities in nine states tallied the devastation brought by Superstorm Sandy and struggled to restore basic services early Thursday, the human toll mounted.
At least 56 people in the United States and one in Canada died during the storm, raising Sandy's overall death toll to 124 after earlier claiming 67 lives in the Caribbean.
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