Hurricane Sandy Makes Its Way to Eastern Seaboard

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 27, 2012 The hurricane is expected to make landfall in the eastern United States late Monday or early Tuesday after already causing 41 deaths in the Bahamas and the Caribbean. New York, Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., have declared states of emergency. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Perfect Storm’ Threatens East Coast

Staff / Truthdig Oct 26, 2012 Gale-force winds, drenching rain and a possible snowstorm: That's what much of the East Coast will face next week if forecasts predicting the collision of a trio of weather events -- Hurricane Sandy from the south, arctic air from the north and an early winter storm from the west -- come true. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )