Hurricane Sandy, the worst storm in 100 Years Seen for Northeast U.S.

A driver maneuvers his car along a wet road as a wave crashes against the Malecon in Havana, Cuba. Hurricane Sandy blasted across eastern Cuba on Thursday as a potent Category 2 storm.

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By Brian K. Sullivan and Matthew Brown: Hurricane Sandy will probably grow into a “Frankenstorm” that may become the worst to hit the U.S. Northeast in 100 years if current forecasts are correct. Sandy may combine with a second storm coming out of the Midwest to create a system that would rival the New England hurricane of 1938 in intensity, said Paul Kocin, a National Weather Service meteorologist in College Park, Maryland. The hurricane currently passing the Bahamas has killed 21 people across the Caribbean, the Associated Press reported, citing local officials...Read here...

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Residents evacuate their home as waves from Hurricane Sandy crash in the Caribbean Terrace neighborhood of eastern Kingston, Jamaica, on Oct. 24, 2012.