Images: 370,000 evacuated as Sandy bears down on US
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• October 29, 2012, 10:56:00 IST
Tens of millions of people along the US East Coast girded themselves on Sunday for Hurricane Sandy, a gigantic storm forecast to assault the densely populated region with battering winds, dangerous flooding and even heavy snowfall.
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A maintenance worker attaches plywood to a sidewalk grate at the 2 Broadway building of Lower Manhattan in New York, as a child walking by takes advantage of the temporary structure: AP
Passengers and their pets depart one of the last ferries from the Fire Island communities in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy: AP
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Vehicles drive across Roanoke Sound leaving Hatteras Island in Nags Head, NC, as as Hurricane Sandy churns up the east coast: AP
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A news crew wades through sea foam blown onto Jeanette's Pier in Nags Head, NC, as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy move into the area: AP
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