East Coast grinds to a halt as superstorm nears

Posted at: 10/29/2012 8:28 AM
By: Associated Press | WHEC.com

Forecasters say Hurricane Sandy is about 310 miles southeast of New York City, and the center of the storm is expected to be near the mid-Atlantic coast on Monday night.
    
The National Hurricane Center said early Monday that the storm has top sustained winds of 85 mph , with higher gusts. It is moving toward the north-northwest at 20 mph. Hurricane-force winds extend up to 175 miles  from the storm's center.
    
Sandy is on track to collide with a wintry storm moving in from the west and cold air streaming down from the Arctic.
    
Major metropolitan areas from Washington to Boston are bracing for what is expected to be a superstorm that could menace some 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor in the nation.

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