On Our Radar: Prescient Maps A series of 3-D maps assembled five years ago from projections by the United Nations climate panel and federal science agencies show Lower Manhattan, the East Village and F.D.R. Drive underwater after a three-meter sea-level rise. And that's what Sandy's surge delivered. Inside Climate News Local gasoline shortages and commuter gridlock assume a higher profile as the New York region lurches toward recovery. Meanwhile, LaGuardia Airport finally reopens. WaynePatch A tropical storm slams into southern India, bringing heavy rain and a storm surge and displacing 150,000 people. Just before the storm made landfall on Wednesday, an oil tanker with 37 crew members ran aground. India Today Scientists create the first family tree linking every known bird species, scientists, concluding that they appear to be accelerating their rate of evolution rather than declining in number. The finding by the Yale-led team, which relied on millions of years' worth of fossil data, DNA and supercomputers, runs counter to expectations. Yale University