Update: Here’s a new video of Sandy as it approaches the United States, captured from the International Space Station just a few minutes ago. The snowpocalyptic “frankenstorm”—as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls it—has “weaken a little.”
https://gizmodo.com/how-hurricane-sandy-might-become-a-snowpocalyptic-frank-5955168
According to NOAA, Sandy is now about 430 miles south-souteast of Charleston, South Carolina. It has “weaken a little,” it says:
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…75 MPH…120 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…N OR 350 DEGREES AT 7 MPH…11 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…971 MB…28.67 INCHES
The monster storm leaves 19 victims in the Caribbean.
It’s likely that Sandy will directly hit some portion of the Northeast or Mid-Atlantic coast. The impact point is still not clear. [NASA and NOAA]
