Khoảng 50 triệu người từ vùng Mid-Atlantic đến Canada nằm trên con đường di chuyển của siêu bão Sandy, trải dài gần 1,000 dặm. Đây sẽ là cơn bão lớn nhất đánh vào Mỹ trong lịch sử với nhiều tàn phá nặng nề được dự đoán trước.
Bão Sandy gây ngập lụt nhiều nơi. Photo courtesy: WVEC.com
Trung tâm U.S.National Hurricane Center cho hay thứ hai Sandy đang mạnh dần lên khi nó tiến về bờ biển Hoa Kỳ và đang di chuyển với tốc độ 20 dặm/giờ và mang theo sức tàn phá “giết người” cũng như tuyết cho rặng núi Appalachians Mountains.
Có 9 tiểu bang Hoa Kỳ bên Bờ Đông đã tuyên bố tình trạng khẩn cấp. TT Obama hủy bỏ chuyến đi vận động ở Florida, quay về Washington để theo dõi tình hình cơn bão cũng như cách đối phó.
Hôm qua ông Obama tuyên bố: “Đây là cơn bão lớn và nghiêm trọng, chúng ta vẫn chưa biết nó sẽ đánh trực tiếp vào đâu, nơi nào sẽ bị ảnh hưởng tàn khốc nhất”
Sandy đã giết chết 66 người trong vùng biển Caribbea trong tuần qua trước khi đổ bộ vào Hoa Kỳ. Các nhà dự báo khí tượng cho là tâm bão sẽ là bờ biển New Jersey gần thành phố Atlantic City vào tối thứ hai.
Trong vòng 6 giờ, sức gió của nó từ 75 dặm/giờ đã tăng lên thành 85 dặm/giờ và sức mạnh cơn bão tỏa ra đến bán kính 485 dặm từ tâm của nó. Có 17 thủy thủ của chiếc tàu thuyền buồm HMS Bounty đã phải bỏ tàu ở duyên hải North Carolina theo tin của U.S.Coast Guard hôm thứ hai. Có 2 người còn mất tích.
Hệ thống chuyên chở của New York và của các thành phố khác đã đóng lại và lệnh di tản bắt buộc đã được ban ra cho cư dân các vùng thấp. Hôm qua Thị Trưởng Bloomberg của NYC đã cảnh cáo: “quý vị nào ở các nơi bắt buộc di tản mà vẫn ở lại là đã chấp nhận mạng sống của mình sẽ bị đe dọa”
Thống Đốc New Jersey Chris Christie còn nói nặng hơn: “Xin đừng ngu xuẩn, hãy di tản và đến các vùng cao và an toàn hơn”. Trưa thứ hai NHC báo Sandy còn cách NYC khoảng 310 dặm về hướng đông nam.
Trong vòng 6 giờ, sức gió của nó từ 75 dặm/giờ đã tăng lên thành 85 dặm/giờ và sức mạnh cơn bão tỏa ra đến bán kính 485 dặm từ tâm của nó. Có 17 thủy thủ của chiếc tàu thuyền buồm HMS Bounty đã phải bỏ tàu ở duyên hải North Carolina theo tin của U.S.Coast Guard hôm thứ hai. Có 2 người còn mất tích.
Hệ thống chuyên chở của New York và của các thành phố khác đã đóng lại và lệnh di tản bắt buộc đã được ban ra cho cư dân các vùng thấp. Hôm qua Thị Trưởng Bloomberg của NYC đã cảnh cáo: “quý vị nào ở các nơi bắt buộc di tản mà vẫn ở lại là đã chấp nhận mạng sống của mình sẽ bị đe dọa”
Thống Đốc New Jersey Chris Christie còn nói nặng hơn: “Xin đừng ngu xuẩn, hãy di tản và đến các vùng cao và an toàn hơn”. Trưa thứ hai NHC báo Sandy còn cách NYC khoảng 310 dặm về hướng đông nam.
Slammed: People take shelter on the flooded pier as the effects of Hurricane Sandy are felt in Rockaway Beach, New York
Ferocious: The storm kicks off in Southampton, New York today as the brutal weather conditions bear down on the East Coast
Here it comes! Hurricane Sandy barrels into Cape May, New Jersey today
All along the waterfront: A police car patrols the waterfront in Brooklyn, New York this evening as Sandy batters the Big Apple
Here it comes: The waves rise in Edgewater, New Jersey as Hurricane Sandy lashes the East Coast
Landfall: Ocean waves kick up near homes along Peggoty Beach in Scituate, Massachusetts
Making waves: Heavy surf crashes over a seawall during the early stages of Hurricane Sandy in Kennebunk, Maine
Threatening: Rising water from the Hudson River overtakes a bank drive-through in Edgewater, New Jersey
Vicious: Waves crash against a previously damaged pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey before landfall of Hurricane Sandy before flooding communities
Taken off: A trampoline becomes caught in the power lines on Norman Drive in Long Island as Hurricane Sandy gathers speed
Deadly: A comparison of Hurricane Irene in 2011 (top) and Hurricane Sandy (bottom) shows the much stronger this year's storm threatens to be
Flooding: A truck drives through water pushed over a road by Hurricane Sandy in Southampton, New York on Monday as the storm gathers speed
Rising: Pieces of the boardwalk float in sections through the flooded streets of Atlantic City - which is expected to get the brunt of the storm tonight
In their stride: Allen Boyer paddles a kayak in floodwaters caused by Hurricane Sandy as Bobby Carnutte wades through the water at right in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Group work: Pedestrians come to the aid of a motorist stuck on a flooded-out road along the shoreline area of Milford, Connecticut
Caution: Obama warned the public to remain alert during a press conference in the White House
On its way: Hurricane Sandy is pictured churning off the east coast on Monday morning. The monster storm is expected to hit New Jersey Monday night
State of emergency: New Yorkers in Red Zone A face the highest risk of flooding from storm surges and Mayor Bloomberg ordered their mandatory evacuation
Destruction: Long Island Power Authority personnel view a fallen tree limb suspended on a power line that fell as a result of the powerful winds
Wash out: Debris from a sea wall and a damaged pier litters a parking lot at Avalon Pier in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina after Sandy's wind passed through
Felled: A broken tree is seen during winds as the Path Station starts to get flooded in Hoboken, New Jersey
Flooded: People walk down a submerged street in Atlantic City, where the storm will hit land later on Monday
In deep: A photo uploaded to Twitter shows the catastrophic storm surge underway near Ocean City, New Jersey
On approach: A pedestrian crosses a vacant Market street with winds and rain from the hurricane in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
HURRICANE SANDY BY NUMBERS
50 million People in Sandy's path
66 Deaths already caused by Sandy across the Caribbean
90 Miles per hour of wind gusts forecasted
1,000 Miles wide that storm will reach as it barrels north on land
9 States where state of emergency has been declared
765,000 People already without power
375,000 New Yorkers ordered to evacuate low lying areasof the city
36 Hours Hurricane Sandy could batter the New York City - compared to 12 from Irene last year
27 Years since the New York Stock Exchange closed for a day due to weather
11 Feet of storm surges expected
12 Inches of snow expected in some parts of North Carolina
The skies above New York begin to blacken as the first signs of the approaching megastorm form
Raging waters: The New York City skyline and Hudson River are seen from Hoboken, New Jersey as Hurricane Sandy approaches
Breaking through: As Hurricane Sandy barreled towards New York on Monday, the Hudson River breached, forcing water into Manhattan walkways and parks
Isolated: Rain falls on a nearly deserted road ahead of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City, New Jersey
Fears: Strong winds snapped a crane at the top of a tower in Manhattan, as tweeted by Piers Morgan, left. In Delaware County, Pennsylvania, a tree smashed into a home on Monday morning causing significant damage and destroying the neighbour's deck. A child was also taken to the hospital
Close up: The crane hangs precariously from the side of 157 W. 57th Street after wind has damaged it before the expected landfall
Getting ready: Workers put sand bags out in front of a building in the Financial District as the beginning effects of Hurricane Sandy are felt in New York
On its way: A car plows through a flooded street in Norfolk, Virginia after the impact of Hurricane Sandy
Rising waters: Rain and floodwaters wash through Norfolk, Virginia on Monday morning as a resident battles to get to work
Surveying the storm: Jack Devnew looks at the water covering a dock as he checks on his boat at a marina near downtown Norfolk, Virginia
Advisory: This weather.gov map shows which advisories have been issues in which counties, warning their residents against various hazardous weather
Running for cover: A family braces against ocean spray as waves crash against a seawall in Scituate, Massachusetts on Monday
Soaked: Homes in Ocean City in New Jersey are already submerged - hours ahead of the storm's expected arrival
Damage: Water pushed in by Hurricane Sandy surrounds a house in Southampton, New York
Rocky: Sailboats rock in choppy water at a dock along the Hudson River near Manhattan during the storm
Desperate: Two boys run to dodge high winds and waves from the effects of Hurricane Sandy in Marshfield, Massachusetts
Havoc: A car crushed by a fallen tree sits along Montauk Highway as Hurricane Sandy approaches in Bay Shore, New York
Under a cloud: After canceling his appearance at a campaign rally in Orlando, Florida, President Obama walks to the White House in the rain
GOVT PLEA: AVOID CALLING ON CELL PHONES AND TEXT INSTEAD
As Hurricane Sandy nears the East Coast, the Federal Emergency Management Agency took to Twitter to advise followers on how to use their cell phones in the storm.
'Phone lines may be congested during/after Sandy. Let loved ones know you're OK by sending a text or updating your social networks,' it wrote.
Voice calls use more bandwidth than text messages. By staying off the phone, it will reduce the unavoidable havoc to mobile carriers.
Extremes: Snow covers Mountain Lake Road at an elevation of 4000 feet in Giles County, Virginia. About three inches of snow was measured in a snow gauge at a nearby hotel, the first snow fall of the year thanks to Sandy
Violent: Waves from Hurricane Sandy crash onto the damaged Avalon Pier in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina as Sandy churns up the East Coast
Gathering storm: A car sits in a flooded street near the ocean ahead of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Monday
Seeping in: Ducks swim in waters that have overlapped a sea wall on the Potomac River in Washington on Monday ahead of the hurricane reaching land
Breaking through: Waves wash over the sea wall near high tide at Battery Park in New York on Monday morning
Treacherous: After checking to make sure his boat line is secure, Bob Casseday crosses the flooded street just over the bridge along Savannah Road in Lewes, Delaware on Monday
Deserted: Sand whips up along the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey where the storm was expected to make landfall on Monday night
Battling the storm: Terry and Derek Ballingall make a convenience store run in high waters from Hurricane Sandy in Poquoson, Virginia
Submerged: A resident chains his bike and heads to work near downtown in Norfolk, Virginia after Sandy's rain and floodwaters hit the area
Rising waters: Terry Robinson, left, and Bobby Carnutte wade through floodwater at RV Park in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina where roads are impassable
Ominous: A man watches the ferocious waves on Sunday in Berlin, Maryland
Soaked: Sandy creates waves that pummel the belly of decking in Ocean City, Maryland as the monster storm lumbers north
NEW YORK'S WORST STORMS
1821 Hurricane Without modern technology, the hurricane on September, 1821 caught New Yorkers off guard when, in one hour, the tide rose 13 feet. The East River and Hudson River breached, with their waters meeting across Lower Manhattan. The area was not largely populated then, so there were few deaths
1893 Hurricane A Category 1 hurricane completely destroyed Hog Island, a resort island in southern Queens
1938 Hurricane Nearly 200 people were killed when the Category 3 hurricane swept over Long Island and into New England. It caused millions of dollars of damages in NYC, where it killed 10 people and destroyed hundreds of trees in Central Park
1954, Carol The hurricane, which had sustained winds of more than 100mph, hit eastern Long Island and caused major flooding throughout New York City
1955, Connie and Diane Rain from the two hurricanes caused flooding across the city. There were more than 200 deaths in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey
1960, Donna The hurricane created an 11-foot storm tide in the New York Harbor, inflicting extensive pier damage
1972, Agnes The tropical storm flooded areas from North Caroline to New York and caused 122 deaths and more than $6 billion in damage
1985, Gloria Serious damage was inflicted on Long Island
1996, Bertha The tropical storm washed out the city in July 1966
1999, Floyd The tropical storm hit New Jersey and New York with 60mph winds and dropped up to 15 inches of rain. Flash flooding forced residents from their homes
2011, Irene The hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm just before hitting the city, which had issued mandatory evacuation orders for those living along the coast. Up to 7 inches of rain fell as winds reached 65 mph. It inflicted an estimated $100 million in damages
New York City and Nassau County Offices of Emergency Management
Not a foam party: A brave news crew wades through sea foam blown onto Jeanette's Pier in Nags Head, N.C. as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy move into the area
Going for shelter: High winds blow sea foam into the air as a person walks across Jeanette's Pier in Nags Head, North Carolina on Sunday
Wrapped up: The sea foam blows across the walkway. The state is also expected to experience up to 12 inches of snow in some areas
Protection: A woman arrives at an evacuation center in New York City this evening as hundreds of thousands of residents were told to evacuate by the Mayor
Facing the storm: Andy Becica, left, and Peter Wilson stand in rough surf along the Atlantic Ocean Monday morning in Cape May, New Jersey
Powerful: A woman takes a photograph of the Hudson River as gusty winds bend trees in Hoboken, New Jersey
Rising waters: Angelique Hionis cleans up after flooding occurred at Bubba's Seafood Restaurant and Crabhouse from Hurricane Sandy in Virginia Beach, Virginia
Swamped: The Hudson River swells and rises over its banks flooding the Lackawanna train station as Hurricane Sandy approaches, in Hoboken, New Jersey
Closing in: A storm surge hits a small tree as winds from Hurricane Sandy reach Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Connecticut as the state declared a state of emergency
Chaos: Waves crash over Winthrop Shore Drive in Massachusetts as Hurricane Sandy comes up the coast
Monster: Waves crash over Eric Mongirdas as the storm surge caused by Hurricane Sandy pummels the coastline in Milford, Connecticut
Gusts: A woman tries to take cover from rain in Hoboken while Sandy approaches New Jersey with top sustained winds of 90mph
Empty: A woman walks past a boarded up Saks Fifth Avenue as New Yorkers prepare for Hurricane Sandy which hits the city tonight
Staying positive: Visitors hold umbrellas while taking photos during rainfall at Times Square in New York
Setting in: Water floods a street in Atlantic City, New Jersey ahead of the hurricane's arrival in the early hours of Tuesday. Around 30,000 residents have been forced to evacuate
Empty: A lone pedestrian walks through an empty Times Square early on Monday, just hours ahead of when Sandy is expected to strike the city
Eerie: Grand Central Station, in New York City, is near empty as the city's transport systems ground to a halt ahead of the hurricane
Abandoned: The floor of the New York Stock Exchange is empty of traders on Monday - the first time in 27 years it has closed for a day due to the weather
Long wait: Travellers from South Korea search for information on their mobile phones on Monday after arriving to an empty terminal as flights at LaGuardia airport in New York were cancelled
No escape: A traveller takes pictures of a flight monitor showing cancelled flights at LaGuardia airport in New York on Sunday night
Preparations: Sand bags protect an entrance of the New York Stock Exchange on Monday morning. It will be closed Monday and possibly Tuesday
STORM SURGE: HOW TO PREPARE FOR A NATURAL DISASTER
New York City’s Office of Emergency Management offers advice for what to do in case disaster strikes:
- Residents should construct an emergency supply kit, complete with a gallon of water per person per day for drinking, as well as non-perishable foods, first aid kids, and flashlights
- In case drinking water becomes polluted, iodine tablets are recommended, and supplies for personal hygiene such as toothbrush, tooth paste, soap, and any medications needed
- People should designate two meeting places – one near the home, and the other place in the neighborhood, like a library or place of worship
- It is also extremely helpful to keep a list of emergency contacts, both in the area, and out-of-town in case those in the city cannot be reached
- Those living around bodies of water have the greatest risk of flooding from Sandy’s storm surge and are now subject to mandatory evacuations ordered by Mayor Bloomberg. Those further inland have less of a danger
No go: Yellow caution is wrapped around the turnstiles at Wall St station in anticipation of the hurricane
Only a few bread items remain on the shelves at the Waldbaums grocery store as Hurricane Sandy approaches on October 28, 2012 in Long Beach, New York
Customers rush to buy groceries at the Fairway super market in New York City today as forecasters claim that Hurricane Sandy could be the biggest storm to ever hit the United States
Heading home: People walk by a closed New York subway station in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn after the system shut down on Sunday night
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