NOAA's GOES-13 satellite captured a visible image of Hurricane
Sandy battering the U.S. East coast on Monday, Oct. 29 at 9:10
a.m. EDT that showed the immense extent of the storm. The image
was created by the NASA GOES Project at NASA's Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Tropical Storm force winds extend
almost 500 miles from the center making it almost 1,000 miles in
diameter. Other watches and warnings for gale, storm and high
winds are in force to the north of the tropical storm warning
area and issued by the National Weather Service. Hurricane local
statements have also been issued for those areas under tropical
storm warning.