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The federal government to the stock market is shut down. In the calm before the storm. An eerie silence in times square with mass transit across new york city halted. Ahead of the hurricane. Not just mass transit, bus, light rail, amtrak on the east coast, airlines, the city is for all intents and purposes shut down. Nothing, nothing going on. The scope of the storm is just incredible. Forecasters expect High Altitude wind to whip through every state east of the mississippi. And as people prepar...

>> 50 million people are in harms way, and many have been heeding the warnings, scrambling to get ready, boarding up their houses, buying whatever supplies they kl can find, and fleeing their homes if they have to. but a lot of folks are staying put, keeping themselves in harms way unfortunately. >> which is hard to understand in a storm like this, but a lot of coastal communities up and down the coast, people are being told to get out. hopefully most of those folks have heeded the warnings. its...

Are back to normal. lisa stark, abc news, reagan national airport. for those of you watching us in airports, hang tough. its going to be a long few days if youre stuck in one of those airports. >> looks like ma faris will be staying a little bit longer at my place, a lot longer than expected. >> on top of all this, the full moon. when you talk about a perfect storm, so many factors coming together to make it tough. so a full moons going to add to the storm surge, add to the tides here, so that...

0 now" -- this morning on "world news now" -- a race against time. in a matter of hours, hurricane sandy will come ashore, bringing some of the most dangerous conditions seen in decades. >> this morning, major east coast cities are literally shut down, and coastal communities have already been evacuated. it is monday, october 29th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." usually we say good morning. but it doesnt seem appropriate on this monday. all eyes on sandy, whats going ...