Oct 30, 2012

Feeling the effects of Hurricane Sandy

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As of 11 p.m. EDT: Sandy made landfall in southern New Jersey around 8 p.m. and impacted communities all along the East Coast. Millions of people in the path of the 1,000-mile-wide storm are watching and waiting. More than 2.8 million are without electricity.

More Sandy coverage from The Darkroom:

OCTOBER 30: Superstorm Sandy leaves destruction, darkness and death in its wake

OCTOBER 23-28: Hurricane Sandy, dubbed ‘Frankenstorm,’ starting to close in on U.S.

: The skyline of lower Manhattan sits in darkness after a preventive power outage in New York. Hurricane Sandy could be the biggest storm to hit the United States mainland when it comes ashore on Monday night, bringing strong winds and dangerous flooding to the East Coast from the mid-Atlantic states to New England, forecasters said on Sunday. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)

: Customers and staff ride out Hurricane Sandy together by candle light at the Greenwich Village restaurant French Roast in New York. New York Power Company Consolidated Edison Inc. said that it had shut off power to part of Lower Manhattan to protect electrical equipment and to allow for quicker restoration after Hurricane Sandy passes. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

: Flood waters surround a car parked on a street in Hoboken, New Jersey. Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, roared ashore with fierce winds and heavy rain near Atlantic City, New Jersey after forcing evacuations, shutting down transportation and interrupting the presidential campaign. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)

: Flood waters brought on by Hurricane Sandy over run cars in New York’s lower east side. Hurricane Sandy began battering the U.S. East Coast on Monday with fierce winds and driving rain, as the monster storm shut down transportation, shuttered businesses and sent thousands scrambling for higher ground hours before the worst was due to strike.(Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

: A man walks through a mostly deserted Times Square ahead of Hurricane Sandy in New York. Hurricane Sandy is shaping up to be one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States but even with the severe damage that is expected, the blow to the economy is seen as short-term. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

: Paramedics evacuate patients from New York University Tisch Hospital due to a power outage as Hurricane Sandy makes its approach in New York. More than 5.5 million people were left without electrical power by the storm, which crashed ashore late on Monday near the gambling resort of Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)

: Water rushes into the Carey Tunnel (previously the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel), caused by Hurricane Sandy in the Financial District of New York. Hurricane Sandy, which threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain, high winds and possibly heavy snow. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the closure of all New York City will bus, subway and commuter rail service as of Sunday evening (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

: Water rushes into the Carey Tunnel (previously the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel), caused by Hurricane Sandy in the Financial District of New York, United States. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

: People wait in the lobby of the Hampton Inn Manhattan-SoHo after the power went out in New York City. A large part of Manhattan below 26th St. has lost power reportedly because of flooding. (Preston Rescigno/Getty Images)

: This CCTV photo released by the official Twitter feed of The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey shows flood waters from Hurricane Sandy rushing in to the Hoboken PATH station through an elevator shaft on October 29, 2012 in Hoboken, New Jersey. Monster storm Sandy swept a wall of churning sea water and driving rain onto the eastern United States, flooding major cities and leaving death and chaos in its wake. (The Port Authority of New York & New JerseyGetty Images)

: A blacked out New York City skyline is seen from Brooklyn, New York, October 29, 2012 as Hurricane Sandy made landfall in the northeastern United States. Hurricane Sandy began battering the U.S. East Coast on Monday with fierce winds and driving rain, as the monster storm shut down transportation, shuttered businesses and sent thousands scrambling for higher ground hours before the worst was due to strike. (Gary He/Reuters)

: French tourists pose for a photo in the mostly deserted Times Square ahead of Hurricane Sandy in New York October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy is shaping up to be one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States but even with the severe damage that is expected, the blow to the economy is seen as short-term. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

: Swans swim in a yard that has been flooded by storm surf kicked up by the high winds from Hurricane Sandy in Southampton, New York October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy, the monster storm bearing down on the East Coast, strengthened on Monday after hundreds of thousands moved to higher ground, public transport shut down and the stock market suffered its first weather-related closure in 27 years.(Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

: The HMS Bounty, a 180-foot sailboat, is shown submerged in the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane Sandy approximately 90 miles (145 km) southeast of Hatteras, North Carolina. Of the 16-person crew, the Coast Guard rescued 14, recovered a woman and is searching for the captain of the vessel. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Tim Kuklewski/USCG)

: A frame from a video shows a crew member of the HMS Bounty being lifted to a Coast Guard rescue helicopter in a rescue basket Monday, October 29, 2012, 90 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The Coast Guard rescued 14 people from life rafts after the ship went down in the rough seas of Hurricane Sandy. (Coast Guard via Raleigh News & Observer/MCT)

: The back entrance to the New York Stock Exchange is surrounded by sand bags in New York October 28, 2012. U.S. stock exchanges and Wall Street banks sent crucial employees into Manhattan to stay in hotels and coworkers’ homes, preparing to open for business on Monday with at least skeletal staff as Hurricane Sandy threatened to halt mass transit. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

: A military truck sits in the water on St. Louis Avenue between 8th and 9th Streets in Ocean City as personnel help residents evacuate with their essential belongings from their apartment. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: A military truck sits in the water on St. Louis Avenue between 8th and 9th Streets in Ocean City as personnel help residents evacuate with their essential belongings from their apartment. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: Neighbor Dee Cooke takes some snapshots of a home at 420 W. Maple Avenue that was crushed by a tree during Hurricane Sandy. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

: Neighbor Paul Ragan examines the damage to a home at 420 W. Maple Avenue that was crushed by a tree during Hurricane Sandy. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

: A Home at 420 W.Maple Avenue in Linthicum was crushed by a tree during Hurricane Sandy. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun)

: BARCS volunteers Becky Zawadny, Laura Boggs-True and Heather Rebnick try to coax a reluctant dog into a crate at the First Mariner Arena. The animals were evacuated by volunteers as Hurricane Sandy moves into the city. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: BARCS volunteers Jennifer Linder, left, and Lindsay Quinn, both of Baltimore, use a towel to dry a dog which was evacuated from the shelter as Hurricane Sandy moves into the city. They are at the First Mariner Arena loading dock. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: Volunteers from BARCS move evacuated shelter animals into the First Mariner Arena as Hurricane Sandy moves into the city. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

: BWI Concourse B looks deserted Monday morning, as Sandy approaches the area. (Candus Thomson/Baltimore Sun)

: A message to Hurricane Sandy is seen on the boarded up window of the Filling Station Coffee shop on York Road in Sparks shares the sentiments on many of the people in the area in Sparks, Md., on Monday, October 29, 2012. (Brian Krista/Patuxent Homestead)

: A car passes through a puddle on York Road in Towson as the effects of Hurricane Sandy were felt in and around Towson, Md., on Monday. (Brian Krista/Patuxent Homestead)

: Joey Atwell with Baltimore County Highway Public Works clears leaves and other debris from a storm drain on Allegheny Avenue ,allowing the rushing rain water to flow more freely, as the effects of Hurricane Sandy were felt in and around Towson, Md., on Monday. (Brian Krista/Patuxent Homestead)

: Waves crash against a previously damaged pier before landfall of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Storm-driven waves crashed ashore and flooded seafront communities across a swathe of the eastern United States as Hurricane Sandy barreled towards land. (Stan Honda/Getty Images)

: An emergency vehicle plows through flood water as Hurricane Sandy comes ashore in Dewey Beach, Delaware(Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

: Siding blows off of a house along the coast due to high winds from Hurricane Sandy in Scituate, Massachusetts. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)

: A workman cuts a tree in pieces after it fell on top of a car in Hoboken, New Jersey. Hurricane Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, battered the densely populated East Coast, shutting down transportation, forcing evacuations in flood-prone areas and interrupting the presidential election campaign. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)

: Two boys run down Foster Avenue while dodging high winds and waves from the effects of Hurricane Sandy in Marshfield, Massachusetts. (Scott Eisen/Reuters)

: October 29. 2012: A lone sailboat is moored in Scituate Harbor, Massachusetts as the waves from Hurricane Sandy crash against the outer break wall. (Greg M. Cooper/US Presswire)

: A boat is seen in the rough waters near the Beach Channel section of the Queens borough of New York. Hurricane Sandy, the monster storm bearing down on the East Coast, strengthened on Monday after hundreds of thousands moved to higher ground, public transport shut down and the stock market suffered its first weather-related closure in 27 years. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: The marquee sign in front of Kennedy’s county gardens welcomes the arrival of Hurricane Sandy to Scituate, Massachusetts. (Greg M. Cooper/US Presswire)

: October 29, 2012: The storm surge from Hurricane Sandy beats against a beachside building in Shinnecock Hills, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: The storm surge from Hurricane Sandy breaks against a beach below homes in Shinnecock Hills, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: A surfer catches a wave along Coney Island in New York. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: A police office questions two surfers as they climb under a fence after surfing in Coney Island in New York. (Keith Bedford/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Tourists fight the high winds and rain from Hurricane Sandy, Monday at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)

: October 29, 2012: The waters of the entrance of Isle of Wight Bay overwhelm Bayview Edgewater Avenue in Ocean City looking west at the dead end of 8th Street (homes across the bay are West O.C.) as Hurricane Sandy floods the eastern shore resort community Monday. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: October 29, 2012: 420 W. Maple Rd., Linthicum, Maryland after a tree fell onto it because of Hurricane Sandy’s high winds. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)

: October 29, 2012: A crane hangs from a building after being damaged in winds from Hurricane Sandy in New York. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: A man stands on a dry patch of sidewalk on a flooded street as Hurricane Sandy moves up the coast in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: Debris from flooding is scattered on a street near the ocean as Hurricane Sandy moves up the coast in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: Waves crash over Eric Mongirdas as the storm surge caused by Hurricane Sandy pummels the coastline in Milford, Connecticut. (Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: A woman carrying two children tries to reach home during rainfall in Jersey City, as Hurricane Sandy approaches New Jersey. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Dan Ramos takes a self portrait with his camera as Hurricane Sandy approaches Milford, Connecticut. (Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: A house stands in the center of a yard flooded by water driven inland by Hurricane Sandy in Southampton, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: A car drives through water driven onto a roadway by Hurricane Sandy in Southampton, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Members of the Freeport Fire Department respond to a house fire down a flooded street in Freeport, New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: As the winds of hurricane Sandy blow across the region, Parker Kim, 3 years old, holds on as tight as he can to his umbrella on Main Street in Manayunk section of Philadelphia on Monday. He and his mother were walking looking for puddles for Parker to jump in. (Sharon Gekoski-Kimmel/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)

: October 29, 2012: Island Park resident Ernesto Elves warms up next to Steven Pelman of the Atlantic Beach Rescue Department, Monday after he was rescued from a flooded zone due to Hurricane Sandy. (Alejandra Villa/Newsday/MCT)

: October 29, 2012: Members of the Atlantic Beach Rescue Department pick up a stranded pedestrian in Island Park because of flooding due to Hurricane Sandy on Monday. (Alejandra Villa/Newsday/MCT)

: October 29, 2012: The ocean city pier shows damage from the first portion of hurricane Sandy at the Ocean City Inlet. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: October 29, 2012: People brave high winds and waves along Winthrop Shore Drive as Hurricane Sandy comes up the coast in Winthrop, Massachusetts. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: A man fights against the wind along Brighton Beach as Hurricane Sandy begins to affect the area in the in Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: A young boy runs along Rockaway Beach as Hurricane Sandy begins to affect the area in the Queens borough of New York City. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: Waves crash over Winthrop Shore Drive as Hurricane Sandy comes up the coast in Winthrop, Massachusetts. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: Waves crash over Winthrop Shore Drive as Hurricane Sandy comes up the coast in Winthrop, Massachusetts. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: People pose outside the sandbaged enterence of the closed Apple Store on Fifth Avenue as Hurricane Sandy moves closer to the area in New York. (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: U.S. Route 30, the White Horse Pike, one of three major approaches to Atlantic City, New Jersey, is covered with water from Absecon Bay in this view looking west, during the approach of Hurricane Sandy. (Tom Mihalek/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Waves batter the remains of the fishing pier in Ocean City, Maryland, as Hurricane Sandy intensifies. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Damaged cars sit under a fallen tree from high winds in the Queens borough of New York. (Lenwood Gibson/Handout/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Pedestrians come to the aid of a motorist stuck on a flooded-out road along the shoreline area of Milford, Connecticut ahead of Hurricane Sandy. (Michelle McLoughlin/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Residents take a dip in the big surf in Ocean City, Maryland, as Hurricane Sandy intensifies. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: A wave crashes onto a house before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Scituate, Massachusetts. (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Waves crash next to the Atlantic City Boardwalk, already advancing past the beach, as Hurricane Sandy approaches Atlantic City on Monday. (Michael S. Wirtz/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)

: October 29, 2012: People walk on the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland as Hurricane Sandy nears landfall in the area. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: Two people stand near the edge of the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland as Hurricane Sandy nears landfall in the area. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: City officials examine the Lake Worth Pier for damage after Hurricane Sandy on Monday. (Lannis Waters/Palm Beach Post/MCT)

: October 29, 2012: A man takes a picture of the storm with his phone from the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland as Hurricane Sandy nears landfall in the area. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: A jogger runs in the rain as Hurricane Sandy rains on the Washington Harbor area located on the Potomac River in the Georgetown area of Washington. (Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: A sailboat smashes on the rocks after breaking free from its mooring on City Island in New York. (Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: Waves from Hurricane Sandy crash against homes on Peggotty Beach in Scituate, Massachusetts an hour before high tide. (Greg M. Cooper/US Presswire)

: October 29, 2012: Waves from Hurricane Sandy crash over the outer break wall of Scituate Harbor, Massachusetts with Scituate Light in the background an hour before high tide. (Greg M. Cooper/US Presswire)

: October 29, 2012: Waves from Hurricane Sandy crash over the outer break wall of Scituate Harbor, Massachusetts with Scituate Light in the background an hour before high tide. (Greg M. Cooper/US Presswire)

: October 29, 2012: U.S. President Barack Obama arrives at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington after cancelling a campaign event in Florida due to bad weather in the Washington area. Obama canceled campaign events in Florida and Wisconsin to return to Washington on Monday and monitor the impact and response to Hurricane Sandy, the White House said. (Larry Downing/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: A group of tourists from Argentina were not going to let a little sand from Hurricane Sandy ruin their vacation, Monday at Ft. Lauderdale Beach. (Joe Cavaretta/SunSentinel)

: October 29, 2012: Waves crash over a parking meter machine and beach signage on A1A which is covered with sand from Hurricane Sandy, Monday at Ft. Lauderdale Beach. (Joe Cavaretta/SunSentinel)

: October 29, 2012: Waves crash over the seawall near a tilting lifeguard tower on A1A which is covered with sand from Hurricane Sandy, Monday at Ft. Lauderdale Beach. (Joe Cavaretta/SunSentinel)

: October 29, 2012: Waves crash on shore from high surf ahead of Hurricane Sandy at the pier at Virginia Beach, Virginia. (Rich-Joseph Facun/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: A man takes a picture while a wave crashes over the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland, as Hurricane Sandy intensifies. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: A person looks at water from the Hudson River spilling over a wall flooding the street in front of the train station in Hoboken, New Jersey. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Tim McCollum takes a break from his 6-mile jog to look out at waves kicked-up by Hurricane Sandy on the boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: A man makes his way across a flooded Seagirt avenue in the borough of Queens in New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: A television reporter stands in water on the beach near the Boardwalk before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images

: October 29, 2012: A flooded street between two casinos along the Boardwalk before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: A NYPD officer walks along the promenade near Battery Park as New Yorkers prepare for Hurricane Sandy which is expected to hit the city later tonight. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images

: October 29, 2012: A man walks in front of a flight information board highlighting cancelled flights to the US at the airport in Munich, southern Germany. International air travel from Europe and Asia was hit by flight cancellations as much of the United States’ eastern region battened down for the threatened impact of Hurricane Sandy. (Andreas Gebert/AFP/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: A man watches the rising tides in Battery Park as Hurricane Sandy makes its approach in New York. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: An abandoned home is inundated with water at Shinnecock Bay in Southampton, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Fencing lies on a beach after being ripped down by waves caused by Hurricane Sandy in Southampton, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: People walk along a park as water from the Hudson River spills over a wall flooding the street in front of the train station in Hoboken, New Jersey. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: A couple walks past debris on the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland, as Hurricane Sandy intensifies. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Waves crest over a road by wind pushed in by Hurricane Sandy in Southampton, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: A fallen tree blocks a road after being blown over by winds from Hurricane Sandy in Southampton, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: A woman takes photographs of waves pushed over a road by Hurricane Sandy in Southampton, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Incoming waves from the Atlantic Ocean break over the boardwalk as Hurricane Sandy intensifies in Ocean City, Maryland. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Local resident Roger Vanwart smokes a cigarette as he watches waves batter the beach at Dewey Beach, Delaware. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Residents from Long Island stand on the beach to take photographs of the waves churned up by Hurricane Sandy in Southampton, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Ducks swim in waters that have overlapped a sea wall on the Potomac River in Washington. (Gary Cameron/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Ducks takes flight on an overlapping sea wall on the Potomac River in Washington. (Gary Cameron/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: A truck drives through water pushed over a road by Hurricane Sandy in Southampton, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Employees from the sewer authority check pumps meant to keep rising sea water from clogging the system as Hurricane Sandy bears down on Dewey Beach, Delaware. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Sandbags block the entrance of the New York Stock Exchange in downtown Manhattan as Hurricane Sandy made its approach in New York. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: A woman walks her dog by sandbags in Battery Park in downtown Manhattan as Hurricane Sandy made its approach in New York. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012 : Jerry Smith of South Long Beach Avenue watches his dogs take a dip in the flooded street in front of his home as high tide and winds from Hurricane Sandy combine to flood the area in Freeport, New York. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: Waves from the Atlantic Ocean breach the storm wall at the Ocean City boardwalk at 15th St. even as Hurricane Sandy is still well offshore. (Karl Mertron Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: October 29, 2012: Maria Petillo of Freeport makes her way up a flooded Guy Lomardo Avenue as high tide and winds from Hurricane Sandy combine to flood the area in Freeport, New York. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: A woman watches the waves on at Beach 122nd street in the Queens borough of New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Andy Becica stands on the beach in Cape May, New Jersey watching the heavy surf from Hurricane Sandy wash in. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: A man takes pictures near Beach 122nd street in the Queens borough of New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Flood waters inundate a street near the ocean ahead of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: A man walks by a boarded up storefront in the Rockaways section of the Queens borough of New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Dark clouds are seen over the skyline of Manhattan as as Hurricane Sandy begins to affect the area in New York City. The storm, which threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain, high winds and possibly heavy snow. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: The Cape May Lighthouse can be seen as heavy surf from Hurricane Sandy pounds the shoreline in Cape May, New Jersey. Later today the full force of Hurricane Sandy is expected to hit the New Jersey coastline bringing heavy winds and floodwaters. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: People pose for pictures on the Rockaway Beach Boulevard ahead of Hurricane Sandy in the Queens borough of New York City. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: Waves much higher than normal break as they head towards the beach from the Atlantic Ocean as Hurricane Sandy, now a Category One system, turns towards the eastern seaboard Monday. (Karl Mertron Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: October 28, 2012: The Statue of Liberty is seen in the background as tourists from Russia pose for pictures on top of sand bags protecting Battery Park in Lower Manhattan, New York. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Rising waters break the banks at Battery Park as Hurricane Sandy makes its approach in New York. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)

: October 28, 2012: New York City police officers go door to door in a housing project to take note of which residents are ignoring the mandatory evacuation order as Hurricane Sandy approaches in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a mandatory evacuation on low-lying coastal areas of the city. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: A wave overtakes the seawall, knocking into an observer who is thrown off balance on the boardwalk near 16th Street as Hurricane Sandy, now a Category One system, turns towards the eastern seaboard Monday. (Karl Mertron Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: October 29, 2012: Waters from Hurricane Sandy start to flood Beach Ave. in Cape May, New Jersey. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: A man stands on the beach to watch the storm surf, kicked up ahead of Hurricane Sandy, in Southampton, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

: October 28, 2012: A woman and child walk through an aisle, emptied in preparation for Hurricane Sandy, in a Wal-Mart store in Riverhead, New York. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Hurricane Sandy is seen moving towards the east coast of the United States in this satellite image courtesy of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. (GOES/Naval Research Laboratory/Handout/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: A wave crashes at the seawall, pouring over a bench on the boardwalk near 15th Street as Hurricane Sandy, now a Category One system, turns towards the eastern seaboard Monday. (Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: October 28, 2012: A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) employee tapes off the turnstiles to bar access to the subway in New York. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

: October 29, 2012: Water floods a street ahead of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Governor Chris Christie’s emergency declaration is shutting down the city’s casinos and 30,000 residents were ordered to evacuate. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: Waves from the Atlantic Ocean breach the storm wall at the Ocean City boardwalk at 15th St. even as Hurricane Sandy is still well offshore. Two tourists watch as a wave breaches the seawall while a city truck in background drives along the Ocean City boardwalk as hurricane Sandy begins her track inland. (Karl Mertron Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: October 29, 2012: Hurricane Sandy begins her track inland. Da Vinci’s by the Sea restaurant between 14th and 15th St. shows flooding as waves from hurricane Sandy spill into the opening at the boardwalk in Ocean City. (Karl Mertron Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: October 28, 2012: Raymond Souza carries away a ladder after boarding up Tidal Rave’s 5 & 10 gift shop on the boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware ahead of Hurricane Sandy’s landfall. US emergency officials braced for the potentially massive impact of a so-called “Frankenstorm” Sunday as Hurricane Sandy lumbered north in the Atlantic Ocean, poised to hit the eastern seaboard with torrential rains and gale-force winds. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: People walk across Beach Ave. as flood waters from Hurricane Sandy rush over the seawall in Cape May, New Jersey. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

: October 29, 2012: Two tourists watch as a wave breaches the seawall while a city truck in background drives along the Ocean City boardwalk as hurricane Sandy begins her track inland. (Karl Mertron Ferron/Baltimore Sun)

: October 29, 2012: A woman takes a photo at Beach 98th street on the boardwalk at Rockaway beach in the Queens borough of New York. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)

Hurricane Sandy delivers high winds and torrential rain
By Scott Dance, Mary Gail Hare and Erin Cox | The Baltimore Sun
5:40 p.m. EDT, October 29, 2012

As Hurricane Sandy pounds the mid-Atlantic coast Monday, the Baltimore region is bracing for gale-force winds and flooding.

The area remains under a flood watch through Tuesday evening, with coastal flooding expected late Monday into Wednesday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Heavy rain, as much as six inches, and high winds, with gusts as much as 70 miles per hour, will occur throughout Monday afternoon and well into Tuesday, according to forecasters.

Mandatory travel restrictions will be imposed in Baltimore at 6 p.m. on Monday and stay in effect until noon on Tuesday, banning driving on city streets for everyone but emergency personnel. While city officials don’t plan to put up barricades, they warned that drivers could be pulled over by a police officer.

“Our number one priority during the storm period is public safety,” Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said in a statement. “We need folks to stay off the roads so that our first responders can focus 100 percent on real emergency incidents as they may occur. We are working closely with our hospitals and medical providers to ensure that their employees have safe routes to work.”

Gov. Martin O’Malley warned of the danger of the storm Monday. “There will be people who will die and are killed in this storm,” the governor said while visiting the Maryland Emergency Management Agency. “Stay off the roads, hunker down with your families.”

He said his blunt talk was designed to “truthfully identify this as a killer storm” so people stay off the roads and inside.

8 Comments

Alexis
Oct 30, 2012 @ 13:35:42

I am praying for the whole country in a time like this. I just hope that we can come back from this…

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shree Prasad Gurung
Oct 30, 2012 @ 06:39:54

God blease you….Takecare every body.

michael scholz
Oct 29, 2012 @ 23:31:23

Ah this sucks so far in baltimore, MD… nice little wind blowing and rain like seattle. So thiswhy i couldnt buy a loaf of bread at the store?

Brian
Oct 29, 2012 @ 22:13:18

please raise my bill as my power is still on.

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