Bad low pressure storm, said to be meeting up with Sandy, washes out highway in northern Ontario.
(CBC News)
Highway damage in Wawa, Ontario:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/10/27/wawa-rain-evacuation-highway-damage.html
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She said it came as a shock to see the highway washed away by floods caused by the rain.
"This is a one in a 100 year thing," she said, adding the road was in good condition until the foul weather rolled in.
"This is just a freak storm that lasted too long and came too quickly... You end up with lakes on the highway."
Nowicki and the municipality said in a release that they are in the process of asking the province to declare Wawa a disaster area.
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Hurricane Sandy, Approaching Megastorm, Threatens East Coast:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/27/hurricane-sandy-approachi_n_2029324.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
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"We're looking at impact of greater than 50 to 60 million people," said Louis Uccellini, head of environmental prediction for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
As Hurricane Sandy barreled north from the Caribbean – where it left nearly five dozen dead – to meet two other powerful winter storms, experts said it didn't matter how strong the storm was when it hit land: The rare hybrid storm that follows will cause havoc over 800 miles from the East Coast to the Great Lakes.
"This is not a coastal threat alone," said Craig Fugate, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "This is a very large area."
President Barack Obama was monitoring the storm and working with state and locals governments to make sure they get the resources needed to prepare, administration officials said.
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