As it collides with a winter storm, heading down from the arctic, it will bring as much as a foot of rain or two feet of snow, to twelve different states.
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, DC, and parts of North Carolina have already declared varying levels of emergencies and warnings, as they brace for the impact.
In New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, and other cities all mass transit will be shut down as of 7pm EDT, schools will be closed on Monday, and low lying areas are being evacuated.
Evacuations of coastal areas, all up and down the eastern coast, have been announced, with most being voluntarily, but some being mandatory.
Airlines have cancelled more than five thousand flights, due to the storm, and Amtrak has announced a suspension of service in the affected areas.
Sandy is expected to make landfall, somewhere in the Mid Atlantic, on Monday evening, but hurricane winds will be striking the coast by Sunday night.
Expectations are for millions to lose power, land line phones, and possibly cell service.
The Hurricane killed at least sixty people, as it made it's way through the Caribbean.
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