Vermont dodged the ravages of Hurricane Sandy two weeks ago, but up and down the Eastern Seaboard many people are still suffering - and still worried about heat and survival.

Seven Vermont ambulances and teams of emergency personnel are helping out in New Jersey as another storm approaches parts of the state already devastated by Superstorm Sandy.

Vermont law enforcement officials are heading south to help with security efforts in storm-battered New Jersey.

In superstorm Sandy's wake, the images and stories coming out of New York, Connecticut and New Jersey are striking. Fourteen months after Tropical Storm Irene hit their state, Vermonters are paying it forward.

Nearly all of the power outages have been repaired in Vermont after Sandy brought high winds and rain to the state.

Governor Peter Shumlin says Vermont has offered support and assistance to other states hit harder by superstorm Sandy, including sending two Vermont National Guard helicopters to New Jersey.

U.S. Forest Service officials in Vermont and New York are urging extra caution for those who may want to venture out in the woods in the days following the storm.

Police in Lincoln, New Hampshire, say a construction worker checking on a job site in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy has been killed in a landslide.

Newscast: Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 7:34 a.m.

Vermonters who lived through the worst of Irene got prepared for Sandy. Generators sold out quickly and people settled in for whatever nature dished out. Irene survivors in southern Vermont say they've emerged from the storm much better than they had feared.

Governor Peter Shumlin is one of many state officials who are relieved that Vermont dodged the extremely high winds and massive power outages that Sandy brought to the mid-Atlantic coast.

With Vermont largely unscathed from superstorm Sandy's wrath, a Burlington-based digital clearinghouse for those looking for help is turning its attention to the Eastern Seaboard.

We get an update from other officials around the state on Hurricane Sandy's aftermath and 7 Days News Editor Andy Bromage discusses the impact of super PAC Vermonters First.

People in southeastern Vermont are waking up to driving rain this morning and more than a thousand households are without power.

In Bennington and surrounding communities, firefighters and utility workers were kept busy through the early hours of the morning responding to trees falling across power lines - and causing trouble.

Starting out as Hurricane, and eventually morphing into Tropical Storm Sandy, swept through Vermont last night, and the overall assessment seems to be "it could have been worse."

Green Mountain Power had warned that the Rutland area might be especially hard hit by last night's storm, but the city weathered the storm well.

Some residents of Wilmington may have faced Hurricane Sandy with apprehension, after the devastation and long climb back from Tropical Storm Irene. The region was spared the worst of this storm, but Wilmington was ready.

The high winds predicted for the Northeast Kingdom were sporadic, hitting some pockets harder than others.

Winds from Tropical Storm Sandy were strong enough to bring down power lines and leave thousands of Vermonters in the dark, but the high winds weren’t as widespread as feared.

Technicians at Vermont Yankee have been preparing for the high winds and prolonged power outages expected from Hurricane Sandy.

A digital clearinghouse for those looking for help - or looking to help - that materialized in the wake of Tropical Storm Irene has geared up again - this time for Hurricane Sandy.

The American Red Cross has begun to open shelters for anyone who needs them. They're in Rutland at the hospital, at the high school in Wilmington and at the Mountain School in Winhall.

As Hurricane Sandy makes itself felt in our area, we hear from emergency management personnel, weather forecasters and VPR reporters on the impact of the weather system on our region.

Follow coverage of Hurricane Sandy as it makes its way through the northeast with national reports from NPR and local news from VPR.