EE.UU. se prepara para el paso del huracán Sandy

SH023. MASSACHUSETTS (ESTADOS UNIDOS), 29/10/2012.- Personas contempla el estado del mar ante la llegada del hurcán Sandy, en Massachusetts, Estados Unidos, hoy, lunes 29 de octubre de 2012. El huracán "Sandy", que se encuentra a unos 615 kilómetros al sudeste de la ciudad de Nueva York, sigue ganando fuerza y se espera que traiga una marejada ciclónica junto con vientos de fuerza huracanada, informó hoy el Gobierno. EFE/CJ Gunther

NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 29: A man watches the waves in New York Harbor from Battery Park during the arrival of Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012 in New York City. The core of Sandy's force is supposed to hit the New York area Monday night. Andrew Burton/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 29: People walk by sand bags in front of a building in Times Square as Hurricane Sandy begins to affect the area on October 29, 2012 in New York City. The storm, which threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain, high winds and possibly heavy snow. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the closure of all New York City will bus, subway and commuter rail service as of Sunday evening. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Cubans tries to recover belongings from a their destroyed house in Antillas population, Holguin province, 750km east of Havana, on October 26, 2012. Hurricane Sandy claimed 11 lives as it tore across Cuba Thursday, leaving a path of destruction in the eastern part of the island, officials in Havana said. AFP PHOTO/STR

TOPSHOTS Raymond Souza carries away a ladder after boarding up Tidal Rave's 5 & 10 gift shop on the boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, October 28, 2012 ahead of Hurricane Sandy's landfall. US emergency officials braced for the potentially massive impact of a so-called "Frankenstorm" Sunday as Hurricane Sandy lumbered north in the Atlantic Ocean, poised to hit the eastern seaboard with torrential rains and gale-force winds. The superstorm was expected to make landfall somewhere between Virginia and Massachusetts early Tuesday, possibly causing chaos during the frenzied last days of campaigning before the November 6 US presidential vote. As it churned in a northeasterly direction, the massive weather system was at category one strength, the lowest-level hurricane on the five-tiered Saffir-Simpson scale, with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles (120 kilometers) per hour, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSON

LONG BEACH, NY – OCTOBER 28: Only a few bread items remain on the shelves at the Waldbaums grocery store as Hurricane Sandy approaches on October 28, 2012 in Long Beach, New York. Sandy, which has already claimed over 50 lives in the Caribbean is predicted to bring heavy winds and floodwaters to the mid-atlantic region. Mike Stobe/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

NEW YORK, NY – OCTOBER 29: A seagull sits perched in front of the Long Island City skyline along the banks of the overflowing East River ahead of Hurricane Sandy October 29, 2012 on eastside of Manhattan in New York City. Sandy, which has already claimed over 50 lives in the Caribbean, is predicted to bring heavy winds and floodwaters to the mid-Atlantic region. Michael Heiman/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

CAPE MAY, NJ – OCTOBER 27: From left, Bob Grabenstetter and Mike Kern board up the Mae West hotel in preparation for Hurricane Sandy October 27, 2012 in Cape May, New Jersey. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has ordered mandatory evacuations of the barrier islands in New Jersey by 4 p.m. Sunday, including the Atlantic City casinos as Hurricane Sandy threatens the east coast. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

This image obtained on October 28, 2012 from the University of Wisconsin'd Space Science and Engineering Center, shows Hurricane Sandy off the US East coast. US emergency officials braced for the potentially massive impact of a so-called "Frankenstorm" Sunday as Hurricane Sandy lumbered north in the Atlantic Ocean, poised to hit the eastern seaboard with torrential rains and gale-force winds. The superstorm was expected to make landfall somewhere between Virginia and Massachusetts early Tuesday, possibly causing chaos during the frenzied last days of campaigning before the November 6 US presidential vote. As it churned in a northeasterly direction, the massive weather system was at category one strength, the lowest-level hurricane on the five-tiered Saffir-Simpson scale, with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles (120 kilometers) per hour, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. The center said that while little change in strength was anticipated for Sandy, which was now located 260 miles (420 kilometers) south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, it was "expected to remain a large and powerful until it crosses the coastline." =RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / UW-SSEC/" – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS =

A child rests in makeshift shelters, at La Barquita neighborhood Santo Domingo on October 25, 2012. Hurricane Sandy barreled toward the Bahamas Thursday as a powerful category two storm, after battering Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba and claiming three lives so far. The US-based National Hurricane Center said the storm was packing winds of up to 105 miles (165 kilometers) per hour as it moved north, near the top of the category two range on the five-rung Saffir-Simpson wind scale. Forecasters predicted the storm would weaken somewhat over the next 48 hours. But Sandy will remain a hurricane as it passes over the Bahamas, according to the NHC's 1500 GMT advisory. AFP PHOTO/ERIKA SANTELICES