History is being written as an extreme weather event continues to unfold, one which will occupy a place in the annals of weather history as one of the most extraordinary to have affected the United States. Sandy has severely impacted Caribbean Islands and the Bahamas, and severe erosion to beaches in. It is now poised to strike the northeast United States with a combination of track, size, structure and strength that is unprecedented in the known historical records.
Already there have been ominous signs from its outer fringes: trees down in eastern North Carolina on Saturday, and coastal flooding in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia Saturday and Sunday, these impacts occurring despite the center of circulation being so far offshore, an indication of Sandy's exceptional size and potency.
