Frankenstorm

From Washington to Boston, big cities and small towns Sunday buttoned up against the onslaught of a superstorm that could endanger 50 million people in the most heavily populated corridor in the nation, with forecasters warning that the New York area could get the worst of it an 11-foot wall of water.

President Barack Obama said Sunday that the storm taking aim at the East Coast is a "serious and big storm" that will be slow-moving and might take time to clear up.

Governor Chris Christie says with only a few more hours left before things start to get worse, he's urging New Jersey residents to get the supplies they need now.

The head of New Jersey's Board of Public Utilities says residents should brace themselves for widespread and prolonged power outages.

The New York Stock Exchange plans to open for trading as usual Monday, even as Hurricane Sandy barrels its way up the Atlantic.

The Coast Guard and a fishing vessel crew have come to the aid of a surfer in distress in waters off central New Jersey.

The storm that is threatening 60 million Americans in the eastern third of the nation in just a couple of days with high winds, drenching rains, extreme tides, flooding and probably snow is much more than just an ordinary weather system. It's a freakish and unprecedented monster.

Thousands who live along the New Jersey coast are making their way inland as the state braces for Hurricane Sandy.

The storm that is threatening 60 million Americans in the eastern third of the nation with persistent high winds, drenching rains, extreme tides and heavy flooding is not one simple weather system.

With much of the Eastern Seaboard in the path of a rare behemoth storm, governors in the nation's most densely populated corridor declared states of emergency and residents contemplated whether to heed dire warnings of torrential rain, high winds and up to 2 feet of snow.