WASHINGTON - The Perfect Storm: Hurricane '
Frankenstorm' Sandy - As
Hurricane Sandy approaches the east coast of the
United States and
Canada, weather forecasters are wondering if Sandy will be worse than the
'Perfect Storm' of 1991.
According to the
Washington Post, Sandy has already claimed the lives of nearly two dozen people in the
Caribbean. Nine people were killed in
Haiti, 11 in
Cuba and 1 in
Jamaica. Extensive damage due to flash flooding and mudslides was also reported. Although Sandy is currently listed as
category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 MPH,
meteorologists are warning that she may hit the northeastern coast of the United States with powerful winds and rains.
CNN meteorologist Rob Marciano stated...Read more:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/335573#ixzz2AR9uTs4BPerfect storm 2012, which the
Hurricane Sandy turns into '
Frankenstorm' deadly to hit the northeast. Here is the exclusive weather report to warn everyone! Brace yourselves for the spooky
Halloween storm!
Hurricane 'Frankenstorm' Sandy to Hit the East Next Week.
Video by NewsyHubAn unusual nasty mix of a hurricane and a winter storm that forecasters are now calling '
Frankenstorm' is likely to blast most of the East Coast next week, focusing the worst of its weather mayhem around
New York City and
New Jersey.
Government forecasters on Thursday upped the odds of a major weather mess, now saying there's a 90 percent chance that the East will get steady gale-force winds, heavy rain, flooding and maybe snow starting Sunday and stretching past
Halloween on Wednesday.
Hurricane Sandy seen from Space Frankenstorm forming Snor'eastercane.
Video by pointblankperiodsMeteorologists say it is likely to cause $1 billion in damage.
The storm is a combination of
Hurricane Sandy, now in the
Caribbean, an early winter storm in the West, and a blast of arctic air from the North. They're predicted to collide and park over the country's most populous coastal corridor and reach as far inland as
Ohio.
The hurricane part of the storm is likely to come ashore somewhere in
New Jersey on Tuesday morning, said
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecaster Jim Cisco. But this is a storm that will affect a far wider area, so people all along the East have to be wary, Cisco said.
Coastal areas from
Florida to
Maine will feel some effects, mostly from the hurricane part, he said, and the other parts of the storm will reach inland from
North_Carolina northward.
Once the hurricane part of the storm hits, "it will get broader. It won't be as intense, but its effects will be spread over a very large area," the
National Hurricane Center's chief hurricane specialist, James Franklin, said Thursday.
One of the more messy aspects of the expected storm is that it just won't leave. The worst of it should peak early Tuesday, but it will stretch into midweek, forecasters say. Weather may start clearing in the mid-Atlantic the day after
Halloween and Nov. 2 in the Northeast, Cisco said.
"It's almost a weeklong, five-day, six-day event," Cisco said Thursday from
NOAA's northern storm forecast center in
College Park, Md. "It's going to be a widespread serious storm." With every hour, meteorologists are getting more confident that this storm is going to be bad and they're able to focus their forecasts more.
Complete information on Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, including all advisories, watches and warnings. Recent hurricanes and tropical storms:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/Have A Nice Day and Safe Halloween.
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