Hurricane Sandy Update: Deaths And Power Outages Throughout New York

Hurricane Sandy hit the east coast killing nearly 13 people on Monday. Power cuts caused by fallen trees left more than 5.5 million people without electricity. Many deaths took place due to falling trees. Nearly 13 deaths have been reported in New Jersey, New York, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.

Two people died in Morris County because of a tree falling on their vehicle. Many other similar incidents were reported by the local emergency management officials. The trees which fell also pulled down the power cables causing power outage everywhere.

New York Gov. Andrew Coumo called off schools, airports, shut down the bridges and New York Exchange for Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal's Weather Journal said the storm was at its maximum in the North of Atlantic City between 7.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m. at 90 mph.

President Obama sent out a warning to those in Sandy's path.

"When they tell you to evacuate, you need to evacuate," Obama said. "Don't delay, don't pause, don't question the instructions that are being given because this is a powerful storm."

"In the olden days, you would have had lots of fatalities," New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a Monday evening news conference. "We're not through this yet. ... It may be as bad of (a) storm as we've ever seen, but I would expect the damage to be relatively minor."

Mayor Bloomberg urged people to reach out for help in case of emergency only. Currently 10,000 calls have been landed in every half an hour. Bloomberg also advised to stay off the roads and cars are blocking roads and making it difficult for the emergency vans to pass.

"Most of these calls are people reporting trees down. If it is not life threatening please do not jam up the lines," he said.

National Hurricane Center also reported that Sandy is making its move towards the New Jersey and Delaware quickly. "...SANDY MOVING QUICKLY TOWARD SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE... ...LANDFALL EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING ACCOMPANIED BY LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS," said NHC.