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The one of the greatest storms on Earth
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Huge impact
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The hurricane stealing the candidates' thunder
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US economy direct hit from Sandy
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Both presidential candidates have
suspended(vt.暂停；延缓 )campaigning days before the election, with 74 deaths now blamed on the powerful storm. Dubbed (v.给…起绰号) "Frankenstorm", Sandy is threatening up to 50 million people in eight states as well as Washington DC.
The one of the greatest storms on Earth
Hurricane Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, lashed.v.鞭打，煽动；紧系 the densely a.浓密地，稠密地 populated East Coast on Monday, shutting down transportation, forcing evacuations in flood-prone areas and interrupting the presidential campaign.
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The hurricane stealing the candidates' thunder
The hurricane stealing the candidates' thunder
US economy direct hit from Sandy
Economists say some of the impact caused by businesses closing will be offset by reconstruction(n.重建) efforts, and point to catastrophic (adj.灾难的)storms like Katrina, which devastated New Orleans but did not deal lasting damage to the national economy.
The hurricane stealing the candidates' thunder
Romney also has cancelled events planned for tonight and tomorrow. His campaign said it was "out of sensitivity for the millions of Americans in the path of Hurricane Sandy", adding "Governor Romney believes this is a time for the nation and its leaders to come together to focus on those Americans who are in harm's way".
"Super-storm" Sandy
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A huge storm system has made landfall
in the US North-East, coming ashored(v. 上岸；上陆 )in New Jersey and flooding parts of New York City. The storm - named Sandy - has been downgraded from a category(n.类型，种 类)one hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone( n.后热带气旋)
The one of the greatest storms on Earth
Around midday, Sandy was about 120 miles east of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, pushing westward with winds of 45 mph and was expected to make a turn into New York State on Tuesday night. Although weakening as it goes, the storm will continue to bring heavy rain and flooding, said Daniel Brown of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
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US economy direct hit from Sandy
Still, Sandy's sheer breadth - 10 states have declared a state of emergency - means it could hurt this quarter's economic output, even if the long-term impact ultimately proves neutral(adj.中立的). Peter Morici at the University of Maryland estimates that Sandy will cause about $35 billion to $45 billion in losses and damages but then be followed by as much as $36 billion in recovery spending.
"I was supposed to be the warm-up man - but that storm had other ideas," Obama said.He said they had stayed up late planning the rally and talking but, this morning: "He called me and he said: 'I gotta go back, it's going to be worse than we thought. It's going to hit further south of where we thought,' so keep your fingers crossed for your fellow Americans today".