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Summary Hurricane Sandy has made landfall along the southern coast of New Jersey.
Now post-tropical storm, the storm has sustained winds of 85 mph. Flights up and down the East Coast were canceled Monday and the New York Stock Exchange was closed Monday – the first time since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. The markets will remain closed on Tuesday, as well as New York City schools.The lights of Broadway also remained dark for a second straight day on Monday.The safety and security of theatergoers and employees is everyones primary concern, said Charlotte St. Martin, executive director of the Broadway League.The show will go on for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Fallon tweeted We sent our audience home just to be safe. But we are doing our show tonight anyway. Should be fun.Parts of lower Manhattan are closed due to the possibility of an 11-foot storm surge at midnight Tuesday. Flooding is already occurring at Battery Park, located in that area.The Holland Tunnel also closed and a crane in Manhattan partially collapsed ahead of Sandys arrival.More than 1 million in New York state were without power.Approximately 248,500 were without power in New Jersey Monday afternoon, according to Gov. Chris Christie.Off the coast of North Carolina, 14 were rescued by the Coast Guard from the HMS Bounty, a 3-mast ship that was used in the movies Mutiny on the Bounty and Pirate of the Caribbean: Dead Mans Chest. The ship has sunk.Two crew members were missing. However, Claudene Christian, 42, has since been recovered and is unresponsive, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. She was choppered to a hospital in Elizabeth City, NC.Vice Admiral Robert Parker, of the Coast Guard, said on CNN that the ships crew was wearing immersion suits which keep people afloat face up and offer thermal protection.The ship began taking on water when the crew abandoned ship for life boats. However, three crew members were washed overboard and only one made it to the life boats. The Coast Guard continues to search for the final missing crew member, Robin Walbridge, 63.The NHC expects 4 to 8 inches of rain across the Mid-Atlantic states, including the Delmarva Peninsula. As many as 12 inches are possible in isolated areas. The northeastern regions of North Carolina will see rainfall totals averaging 3 to 6 inches, with isolated maximum totals of 8 inches. About 1 to 3 inches are expected from the southern tier of New York through New England. Isolated totals could reach as high as 5 inches.Snow is already starting to fall in West Virginia where 2 to 3 feet are expected, and CNN reports light flakes in Washington.Forecasters at the NHC also believe Sandy is particularly troubling because of its potential to cause life-threatening storm surges. This means normally dry areas along the East Coast could be threatened by rising water levels. The storm has stopped moving easterly and is expected to begin moving westward Monday, which will result in peak surge conditions.
