Millions brace for Hurricane Sandy, a massive, potentially lethal storm that has shut down cities and stalled campaigning for the presidential election.
Hurricane Sandy Heads Toward East Coast of U.S.
![Bill Ryan of Inwood, New York, comforts his cat before leaving her at a pet shelter. Pet owners could drop off their pets at the shelter and afterwards seek shelter for themselves before the arrival of the storm.](https://gdb.voanews.com/306faa1e-2819-4819-a28a-28de07222bbf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bill Ryan of Inwood, New York, comforts his cat before leaving her at a pet shelter. Pet owners could drop off their pets at the shelter and afterwards seek shelter for themselves before the arrival of the storm.
![The boarded up windows on a store front in Margate N.J., read "Boo Sandy!", as the area prepares for the arrival of the superstorm, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/cbce7172-d6fc-42b6-a1f2-35c01b06ef5b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The boarded up windows on a store front in Margate N.J., read "Boo Sandy!", as the area prepares for the arrival of the superstorm, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012.
![Mike Strobel fills sand bags for his business, Mike's Carpet Connection, as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Fenwick Island, Delaware.](https://gdb.voanews.com/246e50bd-1e15-431d-9079-86296e6991be_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Mike Strobel fills sand bags for his business, Mike's Carpet Connection, as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Fenwick Island, Delaware.
![Sand bags protect the front of the New York Stock Exchange, October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets.](https://gdb.voanews.com/d75d18cb-8742-4a05-9c1e-5bbcc0798c9d_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sand bags protect the front of the New York Stock Exchange, October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets.