Monday, October 29, 2012
Hurricane Sandy strengthens off U.S. east coast: NHC
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A man takes pictures of the skyline of New York's Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center at Exchange Place in New Jersey, October 28, 2012. Tens of millions of East Coast residents scrambled on Sunday to prepare for Hurricane Sandy, which could make landfall as the largest storm to hit the United States, bringing battering winds, flooding and even heavy snow. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz |
(Reuters) - Category 1 Hurricane Sandy was strengthening and the center of the storm was forecast to move over the coast of U.S. mid-Atlantic states by Monday night, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday.
The storm's maximum sustained winds were about 85 miles per hour (140 km per hour) and were located 615 kilometres southeast of New York City.
(Reporting by Soma Das in Bangalore; Editing by Louise Ireland)
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