Rumbles through the atlantic, just a few hundred miles from the east coast, its path of destruction has already killed at least 30 people across the caribbean. From space, you can clearly see the size of this thing. It has Tropical Storm force winds extending almost 300 miles. Its shield of clouds stretching almost 2,000 miles. The storm is far enough away that florida will escape the brunt of the danger, but what we cant escape is beach erosion. The search punding up and over. This should not be happening right here. The beach usually starts about 50 yards out. Through the weekend, sandy will snake around the coast, lashing the carolinas with its westernmost tentacles before making its dirty turn directly toward the u. S. Somewhere from the midatlantic to new england. When you factor in the unusual track that its going to be taking, that is coming in from the east, across the jersey coast, its a once in a lifetime storm. Arer the reporter the socalled once in a lifetime storm will onl
This is nightline, october 26th, 2012. Good evening, im cynthia mcfadden. Tonight, millions of americans are bracing for impact, as Hurricane Sandy rapidly approaches, threatening to morph into a rare superstorm as it barrels up the east coast. Abcs ginger zee of our extreme weather team is on the ground in florida with the latest. Reporter as Hurricane Sandy rumbles through the atlantic, just a few hundred miles from the east coast, its path of destruction has already killed at least 30 people across the caribbean. From space, you can clearly see the size of this thing. It has Tropical Storm force winds extending almost 300 miles. Its shield of clouds stretching almost 2,000 miles. The storm is far enough away that florida will escape the brunt of the danger, but what we cant escape is beach erosion. The search punding up and over. This should not be happening right here. The beach usually starts about 50 yards out. Through the weekend, sandy will snake around the coast, lashing the c