Baltimore City Imposes Mandatory Travel Restrictions; Drivers Not Allowed On Roads After 6 p.m. Monday
As Maryland waits for the full effect of Hurricane Sandy, Baltimore City officials activated emergency operations.
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As Maryland waits for the full effect of Hurricane Sandy, Baltimore City officials activated emergency operations.
Larry McGowan drives up to a marsh-ringed lake in his government-issued SUV and kills the engine before it has finished rolling to a stop. Within a few moments, a flock of Canada geese wings into view, flying low toward another flock already on the water.
Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline with 80 mph winds Monday night and hurled an unprecedented 13-foot surge of seawater at New York City, threatening its subways and the electrical system that powers Wall Street. At least four deaths were blamed on the storm, and the presidential campaign ground to a halt a week before Election Day.
October begins the peak time for pumpkins, and local growers are poised to take advantage of the market the U.S. Department of Agriculture describes as limited and seasonal.
Maryland's coastal cities are on edge, waiting and watching for Hurricane Sandy. Annapolis is one of those towns.
From Washington to Boston, big cities and small towns Sunday buttoned up against the onslaught of a superstorm that could endanger 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor in the nation, with forecasters warning that the New York area could get the worst of it -- an 11-foot wall of water.
Residents across the mid-Atlantic spent Sunday preparing for a potentially miserable week as slow-moving Hurricane Sandy bore down on the coast, threatening floods, widespread power outages and property damage.
The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) has canceled all service for Monday due to severe weather conditions that will be caused by Hurricane Sandy.
Sandy's winds have remained at 75 mph with each update today. One thing that has changed since yesterday is the pressure. It has dropped to 950 mph.
Evacuations south of Ocean City have already begun. Officials are particularly worried about high water and the storm surge. They expect downtown Ocean City to be under water on Monday as Hurricane Sandy heads for the Delmarva Peninsula.
Hurricane Sandy was already making its presence felt in Maryland politics on Sunday, forcing the cancellation of early voting for at least a day and scuttling a U.S. Senate debate.
The Maryland National Guard is preparing to support its neighbors across the state Sunday as it prepositions soldiers, airmen and equipment in advance of Hurricane Sandy's anticipated landfall late Monday.
Everything has come to a standstill in Maryland as Hurricane Sandy gets ready to hit the state. Roads, schools, businesses, governments, travel-- all of it has been shut down. Some have even been evacuated from their homes.
The projected storm surge from Hurricane Sandy is a "worst case scenario" with devastating waves and tides predicted for the highly populated New York City metro area, government forecasters said Sunday.
Worcester County is ordering people to evacuate waterfront property.
