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| Storm Sandy makes landfall in eastern US | Storm Sandy makes landfall in eastern US |
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| A major storm bringing torrential rain, high winds, flood surges and heavy snow has made landfall on the east US coast. | A major storm bringing torrential rain, high winds, flood surges and heavy snow has made landfall on the east US coast. |
| Sandy, now a post-tropical cyclone, passed over the New Jersey coast at about 20:00 local time (midnight GMT), packing winds of about 80mph (129km/h). | Sandy, now a post-tropical cyclone, passed over the New Jersey coast at about 20:00 local time (midnight GMT), packing winds of about 80mph (129km/h). |
| Up to 50 million people could be affected, with hundreds of thousands ordered to evacuate homes. More than 1.5 million people have lost power. | |
| Transport has halted in eastern cities, and thousands of flights are grounded. | Transport has halted in eastern cities, and thousands of flights are grounded. |
| The storm killed dozens of people as it passed through the Caribbean, mainly in Haiti. | |
| Tree kills NY man | |
| In the US, it threatens an 800-mile (1,290-km) swathe of coast, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes in the Mid-West. | |
| Sandy lost its hurricane status late on Monday as it neared the coast and collided with winter weather systems, but was still generating hurricane-strength winds. | |
| It made landfall close to Atlantic City, New Jersey. Much of the city was underwater, and 30,000 residents were evacuated. | |
| In New York, some 375,000 residents were ordered out of lower Manhattan and other areas, as the Hudson and East rivers began overflowing their banks. | |
| A 13ft (4-metre) record surge was measured, and there were reports that some subway tunnels were flooding. | |
| One man in the New York borough of Queens was killed when a tree fell on his home, firefighters said. | |
| The city's main utility provider cut power to some 6,500 customers in Manhattan in an effort to limit damage from the storm. | |
| Trading on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq will stay suspended for a second day on Tuesday. The United Nations headquarters in New York has also been closed. | |
| Both President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney cancelled campaign appearances ahead of the 6 November presidential election. | |
| In Washington DC, federal government offices were to be closed until Wednesday. | |
| Public transport was suspended in the US capital, New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston. | |
| Amtrak has suspended passenger train services across the north-east, while nearly 14,000 flights were cancelled, according to Flightaware.com. | |
| Forecasters say Sandy could linger over as many as 12 states for 24-36 hours. |