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Email. Hurricane Sandy is expected to affect between 50 million and 60 million people, emergency management and weather officials warned Saturday afternoon.
Seven Things to Know About How Hurricanes Affect Wildlife. As Hurricane Irene made landfall on the East Coast this week, the news media was rightly focused on the many dangers to humans from such powerful storms. Due to the hurricaneâs track, 2.5 million people were ordered to evacuate low-lying coastal communities, including, for the first time, parts of New York City.