A wave crashes over the protecting sandbags in front of the houses on the east side of Ocean Isle Beach during Hurricane Sandy in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, October 27, 2012. The area has been ravaged by several storms over the years and has suffered severe erosions problems. Hurricane Sandy is expected to make landfall on the Eastern Seaboard October 30, with direct impacts expected for the Mid-Atlantic or Northeast U.S. REUTERS/Randall Hill
HATTERAS ISLAND, North Carolina (Reuters) - Weather forecasters warned on Sunday that Hurricane Sandy will affect a large area of the U.S. East Coast but said it was too early to pinpoint where the storm, which has the potential to be the biggest to hit the mainland, would make landfall.
Government officials in several states in Sandy's path faced tough decisions on emergency plans, including mandatory evacuations in vulnerable coastal areas, and residents scrambled to buy supplies before the storm arrives on Monday night.
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