Hurricane Sandy Makes Landfall
It's 7 p.m. in New York City, and Hurricane Sandy is making landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey, about 120 miles away.
Hurricane Sandy made landfall as a Category 1 storm. Sandy produced winds of 90 mph with gusts of up to 115 mph. It's a mammoth storm that threatens 50 million people in the North East corridor.
The National Hurricane Center said that the hurricane-force winds extend up to 175 miles from the storm's center, with tropical storm-force winds extended outward up to 500 miles.
The areas expected to feel the full force of the storm — including high winds and record flooding — include coastal New Jersey, Long Island, New York, and Lower Manhattan in New York City. More than a million people up and down the east coast are without power.
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Do live in an area affected by Hurricane Sandy? If you do, how did the storm impact your community? What did your family and neighbors do to prepare? Share your experiences with us in the comments below!
Photo: The New York City skyline and Hudson River are seen from Hoboken, New Jersey, as Hurricane Sandy approaches on Monday, October 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
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Posted by: kyle | 10/30/2012 at 12:20 PM
I live in the Washington, DC area and we didn't get hit too bad. I feel sorry for the folks in NJ.
Posted by: John | 11/01/2012 at 11:58 AM
In maryland my grandmother power is off. I hope she is okay . I'm going to see here soon.
Posted by: Damarje | 11/01/2012 at 02:42 PM
In my niegborhood we had power.But we did not have a flood.When I went outside to check sandy out my feet got off the ground.I had to grab on to my door.I opened the door and I was okay.3:00 in the morning we hered a big BOOM!Iwent outside to check it out.A tree fell!The roots were so big you can see the underworld AND IM VEREY serious!
Posted by: malik | 11/01/2012 at 02:43 PM
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Posted by: sorcha | 02/22/2013 at 11:32 AM