Northeast buttons up against terrifying megastorm

AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

Store manager L.P. Cyburt boards up the windows of the business as Hurricane Sandy approaches in Ocean City, Md., on Saturday. Hurricane Sandy upgraded again Saturday just hours after forecasters said it had weakened to a tropical storm was barreling north from the Caribbean and was expected to make landfall early Tuesday near the Delaware coast, then hit two winter weather systems as it moves inland, creating a hybrid monster storm.

SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. (AP) — Tens of thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and...

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