Hurricane Sandy threat launches mass evacuations

Saturday, October 27, 2012 | 7:20 p.m. CDT; updated 1:07 p.m. CDT, Monday, October 29, 2012

SHIP BOTTOM, N.J. — Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular track. Wherever it hits, the rare behemoth storm inexorably gathering in the eastern U.S. will afflict a third of the country with sheets of rain, high winds and heavy snow, say officials who warned millions in coastal areas to get out of the way.

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