Good evening. It is great to have you with us on this sunday night. And as we come on the air for the west coast, you can see it swirling over my shoulder here. Hurricane sandy, on the move tonight. More than 200 miles off the east coast, and this is a massive storm. It is already being felt along the coastline with whipping winds and rain that have flooded many communities. Tens of millions of americans will be affected across a huge part of this country. Hundreds of thousands have already been evacuated. Were now learning 2 Million Students and counting will stay home across seven staft states washington, d. C. Heres a 3d view tonight of sandys path, churning off the coast. Winds up to 75 miles an hour. Tomorrow morning, it will take aim at the coastline, turning inward and right now, it appears it will make landfall at midnight tomorrow near atlantic city, new jersey. You can see our extreme weather team and matt gutman is in the carolinas tonight. Matt . Reporter good evening, david, from a very wet and surprisingly cold north carolina, where sandy was supposed to give just a glancing blow. It has been punishing. Weve had 60mileperhour wind gusts here. Over the past 24 hours, the winds, the rain. The waves, you see crashing into the pier behind me have been absolutely relentless, giving you a sense of the length and come los colossal size of this storm. Now, a number of communities already in this area have been cut off because of the surging flood waters, places like cape hatteras. A lot of people are talking about this foam. This is just what is spinning off of all of that churning water. Now, when people consider hurricane, they think of it is tropical, but this has been icy cold and all of this cold air is just moving right north of here. David . All right, taking a beating there in north carolina, matt gutman, thank you tonight. So, just why is everyone calling this a superstorm . And where is the track right now . Lets bring in abc weather editor sam champion in Lower Manhattan tonight. Sam, great to see you. Lets start with the track tonight. Where is sandy right now . Reporter good evening, david. You just heard matt talk about the cold air, thats part of the reason its a superstorm. Show you that satellite picture that you showed at the top of the show. Take a look at that very carefully. You notice the clouds are running from the carolinas all the way past the canadian border, then way up there is hudson bay, just go a little beyond it, its the arctic circle. Incredible reach of clouds. This has got to be one of the largest cloud masses weve seen in a tropical system in the atlantic tropical basin. Just unbelievable. And then, look at the path. This is the latest information on where this storm is and where its going. We still expect that turn to the coast, to the lefthand turn, if you will, by 2 00 p. M. On monday and find this thing crossing in that south jersey area, and then curving up new york state and staying in place thursday, on into friday, david. Sam, we talked about this earlier, but for our viewers on the west coast here tonight, why are we calling this a superstorm . Reporter well, its got so many unique ingredients, its not just a hurricane. Its a giant storm with a little hurricane in the center. And as a matter of fact, its just easier if we show you on a graphic, so, we did this 3d graphic to kind of walk you through the steps that make this a superstorm. Take a look at it. All night long, sandy marches up the east coast, practically parallel. More than 200 miles offshore. It will collide with an arctic front from the west, throwing a new dose of energy into the storm and expanding its already monster size and reach. Then, inject the 1 150mileanhour plus winds of the jet stream and forecasters think sandy explodes into a superstorm. So, that unbelievable cold air is what everyones going to notice, as that cold wind whips around and grabs this tropical moisture. Now, this storm, even though its way different from any other storm weve ever seen move up the coastline does have all the ingredients of a really bad storm. Lets start with the storm surge and where were standing right now, we probably wont be able to stand tomorrow night at this time with maybe 11 feet of additional water up here. Thats over my head at this point because were just about two feet over the water right now. And then look how far that surge runs, anywhere from the virginia coastline all the way up to maine. Thats the surge with the initial impulse of that storm on the coastline. But look at the wind. This is longlasting, Long Duration wind. More than a day of this wind and in some cases, 60 to 80 miles an hour wind. It will be Hurricane Force winds, but the Tropical Storm force winds will go well inland. Take a look at the rain. The soaking, steady, flooding rain that will come out of this storm system. Easily four, six, eight inches of rain will not be a surprising total from this system. There will be places that will get up to 12 inches of rain. You talk about the rain and the winds there, sam. The blizzard warnings remain up in effect tonight. Reporter blizzard warnings, believe it or not. Higher elevations in west virginia, virginia, maryland. Above 3,000 feet. There are six states that have winter storm watches and warnings out for us. Weve already heard of several inches of snow falling in the mountains of the carolinas. All right, sam champion, guiding us through this. Sam, well check back in with you shortly. Meantime, as you heard sam report there, sandys landfall will be in atlantic city. Ginger zee is there tonight. Reporter good evening, david. Sandbacks here along the boardwalk. The casinos, theyre empty. Were in the 9 to 11foot storm surge zone. We could get 10 to 20foot waves. This whole thing could be under water tuesday morning. This really will become ground zero when that beast comes onshore. Its a mandatory ghost town in atlantic city. The iconic boardwalk, boarded up. The customary chaching of casino floors, silent. Tolls were waved to get people out fast. Buses lined up to take those who couldnt leave on their own to the shelters around the city. Theyre preparing here for a direct hit. We got to get the boards up because of the weather. Reporter you dont intend to leave . We tried to leave. We couldnt find anywhere to go. We didnt want to be in a shelter. So, the best place is the house right now. Reporter we found john and his friend borrowing sand from the beach and bringing it home. Try to block up the house and not let the water in, you know . Reporter so, you figured, just come grab it from the beach . Right, right. We have to use these trash bags for now. Reporter dan lives right on the shore but hes getting out. And youre worried . Yeah, im really worried. Because they just told a friend of mine said that they think its going to hit the bay, the bay and the ocean is going to come together. Reporter much of the more than 200 miles of the jersey shore is a series of sliverlike barrier islands, with water on both sides. So, the concern isnt just about storm surge piling up from the ocean. Its also about storm surge coming off of bays just like this one, pushing into homes like these on the other side of these narrow islands. The storm arrives at a bad time, too, when theres a full moon. That means tides will be especially high and any surge will be especially dangerous. Weve talked a lot about coastal flooding, but inland flooding is going to be a big issue, too. Lancaster, harrisburg, places like baltimore are going to be very in need of paying attention in the coming days. We dont want to forget about that threat. David . Ginger zee with us since good morning america, straight through our west coast update here, ginger, thank you. The federal government just a short time ago announced it will shut down washington tomorrow, and here in new york tonight, there is already a state of emergency. Authorities are scrambling to keep more than 8 Million People safe. And look at this live picture tonight. That gate says it all. Thats one of the many subway entrances in new york, they have all been closed down. At the top of the stairs, dan harris in times square tonight. Dan, its looking pretty quiet there. Reporter its eerily quiet, david, i have to tell you. They are getting ready to shut this entire place down, essentially. Not only have all the broadway shows gone dark, but as you mentioned, americas largest subway system has halted service completely. Look at the sign behind me. Two worlds tell the whole story. System shutdown. Tonight, in the city that normally never sleeps, not only are they shutting down the subways and all the broadway shows, but theyre also taping up the windows at department stores, canceling tomorrows classes at all Public Schools and ordering 375,000 people to evacuate lowlying areas. If you dont evacuate, you are just putting your own life, youre not just putting your own life in danger, you are also endangering the lives of our First Responders who may have to come in and rescue you. Reporter the mayor also warning people who live in high rises to stay away from windows, which could be blown out by flying debris. But the big risk to new york city is the storm surge. Water, gushing in from the harbor, over the citys flood wall, pouring into the subway tunnels and roads and underground power transformers, potentially causing billions in damage. If it hits at the maximum tide, then im afraid we are in pretty bad trouble. Reporter last year, during Tropical Storm irene, the waters came within less than a foot from topping the flood walls. And now, sandys storm surge is predicted to be even stronger. Since irene failed to do the damage here in new york city that many experts predicted, some people, like this family, who live in the evacuation zone, are refusing to heed the warnings for sandy. We have diapers, we have water. You know, just hoping to make the best of it. Reporter there are long lines at the supermarket tonight. It really is a mad house. Reporter yeah. Like, oh, my god. Reporter but the streets are crackling not with panic, but with a sort of upbeat, preapocalyptic vibe. Im a new yorker. Come on, what do you want to do . What do you want to do . Panic . Were new yorkers. Reporter hard not to enjoy her spirit. Agree with her or not. One last bit of news from new york, david. The New York Stock Exchange announcing late today that they will be closed tomorrow, however, people will still be able to trade stocks online electronically. Back to you. She was a classic new yorker, dan. Love the resiliency. Dan harris, thank you. In addition to the subway shutdown in new york city, air travel is shutting down, as well. Just this hour, we learned more flights canceled. The total nearing 7,000 flights now on hold. The Ripple Effect all across this country. It will be huge. So, here tonight, abcs lisa stark now. Reporter at new Yorks Laguardia airport, a madhouse today, as travelers scrambled to get out before the storm comes in. Were trying to get back to raleigh, north carolina, and were stuck. Were basically almost having nervous breakdowns. Reporter the airlines are taking no chances, starting to cancel flights tonight, from washington, d. C. Northward. And on monday, united, delta, southwest, american, jet blue and us airways all announcing they will be closed for business on the east coast. A massive shutdown that will ripple nationwide. When there are Flight Cancellations in major hub cities like new york, like philadelphia, like washington, d. C. , that affects travelers all over the country. Reporter airlines will remove planes from airports in the hurricanes path and hope they can fly back in on tuesday. Train travel, too, coming to a standstill. Amtrak canceling trains north of new york tonight and virtually all east Coast Service on monday. Now, like everyone else, the airlines watching this massive storm to see when they can resume service. But even once that happens, david, it will take a good three to four days to get air travel back to normal. Hard to believe. And its a mess before the storm gets here. Lisa stark tonight, thank you. As we mentioned, downed power lines could keep millimeters in the dark long after the storm has passed. Already, an army of Power Company workers are on their way from ohio and oklahoma. David kerley tonight from delaware. David . Reporter good evening, david. You can see the tide is up a little bit, these waves are crashing this way, and as you mentioned, convoys are coming from the other direction. Convoys of utility workers, and if the predictions are true, those workers are going to be extremely busy later this week. The power was going out even before the full force of sandy hit shore. See the fuse dangling . Reporter Larry Jackson knows the worst is still to come. Probably be working 16hour days. Reporter thousands of utility workers are in their trucks and headed east tonight, to repair what are expected to be massive Power Outages. These beach vacationers packed up to head home, inland. Actually, the aftermath is what were concerned about. Reporter no power. Right. And for days. Reporter the Power Outages are expected to be widespread. It may take a long time not only to clear, but also to get, for example, the Power Companies back in. Reporter during hurricane irene last year, about 6 million homes lost electricity. This researcher plugged in all the information into a new program and he believes this will be worse. Our estimate at this point is 10 million. It could be higher. Could be lower. Reporter 10 million or more without power for a week to ten days. Which is why this Wisconsin Company has added extra shifts, trying to build as many portable generators as quickly as possible. Officials worry that residents might misuse some of those generators, putting them indoors or stringing extension cords dangerously. Many seem to be heeding the warnings, checking off their lists of preparedness. Batteries, water, nonperishable food. Im nervous about losing power. Im nervous about the storm. Reporter most of these Power Outages will be due to trees. We all know not to touch the power line that is down. But experts say, leave the tree limb alone. Call the Power Company, let them deal with all of it. David . Great advice. David kerley soaked in delaware tonight. David, thank you. And that estimate, 10 million without power. Thats really something. Still ahead here on world news this sunday night, the west coast edition here, the super storm scramble now, inside both campaigns this evening. Could this storm affect who wins . As the president forced to put campaigning aside there. And, for millions of children, what does this mean for halloween . Sam champion is back with the halloween forecast, as we track Hurricane Sandy on this special edition of world news. [ male announcer ] when it comes to the financial obstacles military families face, we understand. At usaa, we know military life is different. Weve been there. 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You saw the president there, had to stop campaigning to meet with fema today because of the storm. Mitt romney can selling rallies, going to the state of ohio. And tonight, the state of maryland, just calling off the first day of early voting tomorrow. And all of this comes as the latest abc News Washington post poll shows mitt romney ahead of the president by one point. This is razor thin. Heres our senior Political Correspondent jon karl tonight. Reporter its mother natures october surprise. A storm so big and so destructive, it could throw the campaigns final week into chaos. The storm will throw a little bit of havoc into the race. Reporter for president obama, it meant canceling two Upcoming Campaign events and visiting fema headquarters, vowing an Immediate Response to the storm. Were going to cut through red tape, were not going to get bogged down with a lot of rules. We want to make sure we are anticipating and leaning forward. Reporter there are political stakes, too. A chance for the president