The east coast of the United States is preparing for what weather forecasters expect to be one of the biggest storms ever to hit the mainland.
Hurricane Sandy
![Waves crash into the pier in Ocean City, Maryland October 28, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9000e769-0ddd-4827-89a7-d8ddacf6828b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Waves crash into the pier in Ocean City, Maryland October 28, 2012.
![A man with a small dog takes a photo of the storm waves from Hurricane Sandy in Ocean City, New Jersey, October 28, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3886a2b2-48ae-4588-ae42-3bd8b81c1998_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man with a small dog takes a photo of the storm waves from Hurricane Sandy in Ocean City, New Jersey, October 28, 2012.
![A car plows through a flooded street in the Ocean View area in Norfolk, VA., Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/fb98a1f6-964a-4fd4-9081-65dae8a1fd5f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A car plows through a flooded street in the Ocean View area in Norfolk, VA., Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012.
![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.