US gets ready for ‘Frankenstorm’
New York, Boston and Washington are preparing for the arrival of ‘Frankenstorm’ early next week as forecasters predict that Hurricane Sandy will transform into a dangerous hybrid system and hit the northeast.
The US media has come up with the name for the weather system because it is expected to become a combination of a tropical storm and a winter storm, potentially wreaking havoc along the East Coast around Halloween.
According to the New York Times, the city has already activated its coastal storm plan and opened its Office of Emergency Management situation room.
Hurricane Sandy has weakened to a category one but is forecast to remain a hurricane for the next two days.
It has already caused mayhem in Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica and killed at least 21 people.
It is expected to generate another day of stormy weather across South Florida, but the state is likely to avoid the kind of damage that Sandy has left in its path elsewhere.
For the latest updates, go to the US National Hurricane Center.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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