At 7 p.m. ET, Sandy was centered about 20 miles south of Atlantic City and was expected to hit land

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Sandy s eye was expected to come ashore along or near the southern New Jersey shore early Monday evening. Sandy had already wiped out a northern section of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, but most of the East Coast landmark was intact, Langford said.
At 7 p.m. ET, Sandy was centered about 20 miles south of Atlantic City and was expected to hit land within an hour, the National Hurricane Center reported. As it lost tropical characteristics, forecasters redesignated it a post-tropical storm and not a hurricane.
Sandy had already knocked out power to about 1.5 million electric customers in 10 states and the District of Columbia. Mass transit shut down across the densely populated region, landmarks stood empty and schools and government offices were closed. The National Grid, which provides power to millions of customers, said 60 million people could be affected before it s over.
Sandy formed last week and swept across the Caribbean, where it had already claimed at least 67 lives, 51 of them in Haiti. Another two people were missing at sea off North Carolina after the crew of the HMS Bounty, a replica of the historic sailing ship, foundered in the storm, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
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The benchmark storm, the 1938 Long Island Express Hurricane, contained a low pressure reading of 946 millibars. Sandy had a minimum pressure of 943 millibars. Generally speaking, the lower the pressure, the stronger the storm.
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By Monday afternoon, 23 states were under a warning or advisory for wind related to Sandy. Thousands of flights had been canceled, and hundreds of roads and highways were expected to flood. And according to a government model, Sandy s wind damage alone could cause more than $7 billion in economic loss.
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