New York: Hurricane Sandy, the monster storm bearing down on the East Coast, strengthened on Monday after hundreds of thousands moved to higher ground, public transport shut down and the stock market suffered its first weather-related closure in 27 years.
About 50 million people from the Mid-Atlantic to Canada were in the path of the nearly 1,000-mile-wide (1,600-km-wide) storm, which forecasters said could be the largest to hit the mainland in US history. It was expected to topple trees, damage buildings, cause power outages and trigger heavy flooding.
Sandy killed 66 people in the Caribbean before pounding US coastal areas with rain and triggering snow falls at higher elevations. Forecasting services indicated early Monday that the storm would strike the New Jersey shore near Atlantic City on Monday night.
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08:25 PM, Oct 29, 2012
New York: It's almost an apocalyptic feeling here in New York - with streets largely deserted, the essential transport services now shut down. The subway and buses have been shut down, people have been warned to stay out of parks, and to hunker down indoors, as Hurricane Sandy approaches, about to clash with two stormfronts, making this officially the mother of all frankenstorms. It's got some people remembering the panic...
07:34 PM, Oct 29, 2012
