Hurricane Sandy
This storm has been recorded to have 85 mile an hour winds and 11 foot high waves. The stock market has closed for the storm and much of New York is preparing for a hard storm. This storm is 900 miles wide and sent surges from Delaware to New York a good 12 hours before the eye of the storm hit. There are about 60 million people in trouble of direct hit of the storm with many power outages that will come. Schools and businesses have been shut down. Many people have cleared the shelves of stores in preparation of the storm. Hurricane Sandy is also known as Frankenwenie because how close it is to Halloween. This storm is going to be hit with a cold front and a full moon which has high tides. So this storm may be felt all the way to the Great Lakes. This storm isn't any ordinary hurricane buy a rare hybrid hurricane. About 65 Caribbean people have already been killed by the hurricane before making its way north. About 455,000 people have been ordered to evacuate and 7,200 flights have been cancelled. Even though this is an intense hurricane it is only a category 1 compared to Hurricane Katrina that was a category 3 or 4.
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