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Hundreds of thousands of people were told to flee low-lying areas, New York and Washington shut down their subways, federal offices and local schools closed, and presidential candidates curtailed their campaigning as Hurricane Sandy roared ever closer to the Eastern Seaboard on Sunday, promising epic storm surges, howling winds and drenching rain across much of the Mid-Atlantic region and Northeast.

The second major snowstorm in less than a week was churning towards Washington and New York on Tuesday.

Eastern Long Island and parts of Virginia got two feet of snow, and records were set in Washington and Baltimore.