- Weather forecasters predict the storm could hit in the days before Halloween as a 'Perfect Storm'
- Up to 400,000 New Yorkers could be evacuated
- State of emergency means the state will have access to federal funding and national guard
- Subways facing possible shutdown - the second in history
- Sandy could be 'worst case' superstorm, more powerful than Irene
- Some U.S. airlines offering waivers to customers
- Could cause up to $1billion worth of damage
- Thousands could be without power and millions of children could have their Halloween 'trick or treat' ruined
- 21 people reported dead across Caribbean as super storm moves north
A state of emergency has just been declared in New York in advance of Hurricane Sandy, which is expected to hit the East Coast late on Sunday - with the possibility it will halt subways, ground planes and cause hundreds of thousands of evacuations.
Governor Cuomo said the declaration allows the 62 counties to better prepare for the storm with access to federal funding and the national guard, with the possibility that up to $1billion damage could be caused.
The city's emergency management situation room has been activated and those in low-lying areas may have to evacuate, including zones like Battery Park City, Coney Island, Manhattan Beach, Far Rockaway and Midland Beach and South Beach in Staten Island.
Meteorologists expect a natural horror show of high wind, heavy rain, extreme tides and maybe even snow on higher ground beginning early Sunday
Awesome: A NASA/NOAA image from the Suomi NPP satellite which passed over Hurricane Sandy when it made landfall over Cuba and Jamaica
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