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Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, roared ashore with fierce winds and heavy rain yesterday near the gambling resort of Atlantic City, forcing evacuations, shutting down transportation and interrupting the presidential campaign.
The National Hurricane Center said Sandy came ashore as a post-tropical cyclone, meaning it still packed hurricane-force winds but lost the characteristics of a tropical storm. It had sustained winds of 80 miles per hour (129 kph), well above the threshold for hurricane intensity.
The storm target area includes big population centres such as New York City, Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Hurricane Sandy, pictured at (10:40 a.m. Eastern) on October 29, 2012 by NASA's GOES satellite, churns off the east coast in the Atlantic Ocean.
The U.S. Capitol and Pennsylvania Avenue, on Monday morning, October 29, 2012, as heavy rain from Hurricane Sandy arrives in Washington. Sandy strengthened before dawn and is on a predicted path toward Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York -- putting it on a collision course with two other weather systems that would create a superstorm.
Ocean waves kick up near homes along Peggoty Beach in Scituate, Massachusetts, on October 29, 2012.
The empty floor of the New York Stock Exchange, on October 29, 2012. All major U.S. stock and options exchanges were closed Monday with Hurricane Sandy nearing landfall on the East Coast.
Much of Manhattan was free of traffic as Hurricane Sandy began to affect New York City, on October 29, 2012.
Grand Central Terminal, closed early on October 28, 2012, after the last trains had departed in advance of Hurricane Sandy.
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