Hurricane Sandy, the monster storm barreling toward the east
coast of the United States, could leave at least 10 million
people without power, according to a new model. "The most
heavily impacted areas are going to be up through the mid-
Atlantic, Delaware, into southeastern Maryland and southeastern
Pennsylvania and into New Jersey," said Seth Guikema, a
researcher at Johns Hopkins University who developed the model.
As of 11 a.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 28, the center of Hurricane
Sandy was located 250 miles (400 kilometers) southeast of Cape
Hatteras, N.C., and 575 miles (930 km) south of New York City.
The storm is moving toward the northeast near 14 miles per hour
(23 kilometers per hour). A turn to the north and then the
northwest is expected Sunday night and early Monday. The current
forecast track puts the center of Sandy near the coast Monday
night, according to the National Hurricane Center. To predict
the impact of the storm the team looks at the most recently
available forecasts of wind gusts and durati