US President Barack Obama moved late Friday to ease desperate fuel shortages in the storm-ravaged eastern region where long lines formed as petrol ran low. He ordered the Defence Department deliver 38 million gallons of diesel fuel and 45 million gallons of petrol to areas where fuel had run out or there was no electricity to run pumps, DPA reported. The number of deaths from Hurricane Sandy neared 100, including 40 deaths in New York City, according to NBC news