Sandy: Latest Status and Maps

Hurricane Sandy, already a cyclone of fearsome size and unusual intensity, underwent another alarming round of intensification early Monday morning as it began its dreaded left turn toward the East Coast of the U.S.

Sandy appears destined to enter the history books as one of the most exceptional -- and potentially destructive -- storms to strike the Northeast in modern history.

Sandy, in terms of geographic size already the largest Atlantic hurricane of the past quarter-century, has spent the majority of the last few days as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, despite an impressively low central pressure. But despite the lack of extreme triple-digit winds at any single point, the huge breadth of Sandy's circulation promises widespread disruption to the lives of tens of millions of Americans.
Sandy will produce its greatest impacts in the Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic Monday into Tuesday. For more on the destructive wind, flood and snow impacts, click on the links below.

Sandy: Latest Status and Maps