Hurricane Sandy has churned northward through the northern
Caribbean, across Cuba, and through the Bahamas during the past
three days, leaving in its wake plenty of mayhem. Sandy's story
may not yet be finished. While it is quite normal to see
tropical cyclones rear their ugly heads across the Caribbean
during October and even into November, these storms normally
will track northward for a short time before turning harmlessly
off to the northeast, into the Atlantic. The Weather Channel has
this special coverage. Thanks to a large roadblock in the upper
atmosphere across the North Atlantic and eastern Canada during
the next several days, it appears Hurricane Sandy will not make
an escape away from the U.S. East Coast. Blocking high pressure
at upper levels from Atlantic Canada to southern Greenland and
the North Atlantic as well as a strong upper-level low-pressure
area through the east-central Atlantic will combine with a
developing upper-level trough through the eastern U.S. to steer
the storm into the north