Hurricane Sandy is likely to endanger 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor in the US – from Washington to Boston.
Forecasters have said the hurricane could blow ashore tonight or early Tuesday along the New Jersey coast, then cut across into Pennsylvania and travel up through New York State on Wednesday.
NY Authorities have warned that the nation\’s biggest city could get hit with a surge of seawater that could swamp parts of lower Manhattan, flood subway tunnels and cripple the network of electrical and communications lines that are vital to the nation\’s financial center.
Forecasters have said the combination could bring close to a foot of rain in places, a potentially lethal storm surge of 4 to 11 feet across much of the region, and punishing winds that could cause widespread power outages that last for days.
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