Hurricane Sandy, the largest known storm is predicted to hit the cities like New York and Washington D.C. with strong winds, floods and major power outages.
Nearly 50 million people will come in the path of the massive storm, which has already killed 66 people in the Caribbean. It's expected to hit the eastern seaboard by Tuesday.
"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," Senior Meteorologist Stu Ostro, at The Weather Channel posted these quotes on Facebook and Twitter. "This is an extraordinary situation, and I am not prone to hyperbole."
It's also been said by the Canadian Hurricane Centre that Sandy could also bring snow along with rain and winds to certain parts of Ontario.
Spokesman Bob Robichaud also estimated rain to be between 50 to 100 millimeters by Tuesday in the southern and eastern Ontario and western Quebec.
"Snow is another thing we're going to have to consider with this thing, just because it's drawing in some cold air from the north," said Robichaud from Halifax during a media teleconference on Sunday.
Evacuation has also been announced by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, areas which might be highly affected like lower Manhattan and Queens.
"If you don't evacuate, you are not only endangering your life, you are also endangering the lives of the first responders who are going in to rescue you," Bloomberg said. "This is a serious and dangerous storm."
Federal Offices, The Metro transport system, Metrobus services, airlines cancelling flights, bridges and tunnels will be closed on Monday, Oct 29 until further notice.
"This is a serious and big storm. We don't yet know where it's going to hit, where we're going to see the biggest impacts," President Barack Obama said in a statement. "My message to the governors as well as to the mayors is anything they need, we will be there, and we will cut through red tape. We are not going to get bogged down with a lot of rules, respond big and respond fast."
"In times like this, one of the things that Americans do is we pull together and we help out one another And so, there may be elderly populations in your area. Check on your neighbor, check on your friend. Make sure that they are prepared. If we do, then we're going to get through this storm just fine," President added.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett said, "This is not a typical storm. It could very well be historic in nature and in scope, and in magnitude because of the widespread anticipated power outages, and the potential major wind damage."
