UPDATE On Hurricane Sandy
Key developments after Superstorm Sandy hit the US east coast, leaving several dead, millions without power and billions of pounds worth of damage. At least 50 million people are bracing for the worst storm forecasters say could be the largest ever to hit the United States. Heavy rain and strong winds have started lashing the northeast of the US, with the public safety director of Atlantic City declaring that the majority of his city is "underwater".
State of emergency has been declared in NYC, Washington DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, and there's mandatory evacuation in all low level cities. Public transportation, subways, bridges, schools, tunnels, businesses, have all been closed
Much of the East Coast is on lock down right now as they are expecting a storm surge of 6 to 11 feet above normal high tide. The hurricane is expected to merge with winter storm and they say it has the potential to cause "unprecedented damage."
Thousands of flights into and out of the US east-coast have been canceled and president Obama has also canceled his presidential campaign to monitor the storm, which could cost the US billions of dollars in damages.
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