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• NYC braces for megastorm; evacuations ordered

  October 29, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — After days of seeming to take a looming superstorm in stride, New Yorkers scrambled to gather supplies and get out of the way as forecasters warned …

• Eastern US braces for dangerous superstorm

  October 28, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — From Washington to Boston, big cities and small towns Sunday buttoned up against the onslaught of a superstorm that could endanger 50 million people in the …

• Sandy and storm surge pose ‘worst case scenario’

  October 28, 2012 in Nation/World KENSINGTON, Md. (AP) — The projected storm surge from Hurricane Sandy is a “worst case scenario” with devastating waves and tides predicted for the highly populated New York City metro …

• AP PHOTOS: Sandy forming into a rare hybrid storm

  October 28, 2012 in Nation/World As a deadly Hurricane Sandy treks north from the Caribbean to meet two other powerful winter storms, experts say it doesn’t matter how strong the storm is when it hits …

• Megastorm could wreak havoc across 800 miles of US

  October 28, 2012 in Nation/World SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (AP) — Tens of millions of people in the eastern third of the U.S. in the path of the unprecedented freak storm had hours Sunday to prepare …

• ‘Frankenstorm’: Worse than sum of its parts

  October 27, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The storm that is threatening 60 million Americans in the eastern third of the nation in just a couple of days with high winds, drenching rains, extreme …

• ‘Frankenstorm’: Worse than sum of its nasty parts

  October 27, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The storm that is threatening 60 million Americans in the eastern third of the nation in just a couple of days with persistent high winds, drenching rains, …

• Obama cancels campaign events to monitor storm

  October 27, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama is canceling campaign appearances in Northern Virginia on Monday and Colorado on Tuesday so he can monitor Hurricane Sandy. The …

• US superstorm threat launches mass evacuations

  October 27, 2012 in Nation/World SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (AP) — Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don’t get fixated on a particular track. Wherever it hits, the rare behemoth storm inexorably gathering in the …

• ‘91 perfect storm skipper leery of Hurricane Sandy

  October 27, 2012 in Nation/World RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Ray Leonard knows a thing or two about monster storms. In fact, he’s the skipper of the Satori, the 32-foot sailboat that rode out THE perfect …

• Emergencies declared ahead of Eastern superstorm

  October 27, 2012 in Nation/World SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (AP) — With much of the Eastern Seaboard in the path of a rare behemoth storm, governors in the nation’s most densely populated corridor declared states of …

• Obama, Romney campaign with eye on storm forecast

  October 27, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — With an eye on the weather forecast, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney are launching a 10-day sprint to the finish line in a contest increasingly … 1

• Approaching megastorm threatens East Coast

  October 27, 2012 in Nation/World BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Douglas Jumper choked up as he described the long, slow recovery in his central Pennsylvania town from last year’s historic flooding caused by Hurricane Irene and … 7

• Sandy leaves Bahamas after killing 43 in Caribbean

  October 26, 2012 in Nation/World NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Sandy spun away from the Bahamas late Friday after causing 43 deaths across the Caribbean, churning northward toward the U.S. East Coast, where it threatens …

• A year after Irene, US prepares for superstorm

  October 26, 2012 in Nation/World DUCK, N.C. (AP) — A year after being walloped by Hurricane Irene, residents rushed to put away boats, harvest crops and sandbag boardwalks Friday as the Eastern Seaboard braced for …

• Sandy leaves Bahamas after killing 40 in Caribbean

  October 26, 2012 in Nation/World NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Sandy rolled out of the Bahamas on Friday after causing 40 deaths across the Caribbean, churning toward the U.S. East Coast, where it threatens to …

• Sandy pounds Bahamas after killing 29 in Caribbean

  October 26, 2012 in Nation/World NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Sandy raged through the Bahamas early Friday after leaving 29 people dead across the Caribbean, following a path that could see it blend with a …

• East Coast braces for monster ‘Frankenstorm’

  October 26, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — When Hurricane Sandy becomes a hybrid weather monster some call “Frankenstorm” it will smack the East Coast harder and wider than last year’s damaging Irene, forecasters said …

• Sandy pounds Bahamas after killing 21 in Caribbean

  October 26, 2012 in Nation/World NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Hurricane Sandy raged through the Bahamas early Friday after leaving 21 people dead across the Caribbean, following a path that could see it blend with a …

• East Coast readies for ‘Frankenstorm’ monster

  October 26, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The pre-Halloween hybrid weather monster that federal forecasters call “Frankenstorm” is looking more ominous by the hour for the East Coast, and utilities and local governments are …

• Eastern utilities brace for expected super storm

  October 25, 2012 in Nation/World HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Utilities and governments along the East Coast are working to head off long-term power failures as forecasters predict a major storm to hit a region already …

• Obama gets briefing on Hurricane Sandy

  October 25, 2012 in Nation/World ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Barack Obama has been briefed on Hurricane Sandy and the White House is urging people in the storm’s path to listen to local …

• Watches, warnings for Sandy along Florida coast

  October 24, 2012 in Nation/World MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters have issued tropical storm warnings and watches for parts of the southeastern coast of Florida and Keys ahead of Hurricane Sandy that is pounding Jamaica. Forecasters …

• Northern Calif. walloped by early wintry weather

  October 23, 2012 in Nation/World FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A storm from the Gulf of Alaska stalled for a second day over Northern California, blanketing mountains with snow, spawning a tornado near the state capital …

• Tropical Storm Sandy forms south of Jamaica

  October 22, 2012 in Nation/World MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Sandy developed south of Jamaica on Monday, becoming the 18th named storm of a busy Atlantic season that has seen only two hurricanes make landfall. …

• Tropical depression forms south of Jamaica

  October 22, 2012 in Nation/World MIAMI (AP) — A tropical depression formed south of Jamaica on Monday and forecasters say it will likely strengthen into Tropical Storm Sandy later in the day. The National Hurricane …

• Dust storm shuts down interstate in northern Okla.

  October 18, 2012 in Nation/World TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A massive dust storm swirling reddish-brown clouds over northern Oklahoma triggered a multi-vehicle accident along a major interstate Thursday, forcing police to shut down part of …

• Overnight storms swat Southeast; 7 hurt in Miss.

  October 18, 2012 in Nation/World JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed that at least four tornadoes were part of the storm system that raked northern and central Mississippi on Wednesday night …

• Overnight storms swat Southeast; 4 hurt in Miss.

  October 18, 2012 in Nation/World JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A line of severe storms packing strong winds and possible tornadoes swept across the Southeast overnight, injuring four people in Mississippi, downing power lines and trees …

• Hurricane Paul weakens to Caty 2 storm in Pacific

  October 15, 2012 in Nation/World LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Paul has weakened to a Category 2 storm in the eastern Pacific but is still swirling near Mexico’s western coast. The National Hurricane Center …

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