Barack Obama, the US president, has said the public needs to prepare for Hurricane Sandy to make landfall on the East Coast on Monday evening and predicted millions of people will be affected by the storm.
Obama said those in the region affected by the Hurricane should listen to local and state officials on whether or not to evacuate.
The president expressed confidence that emergency crews are prepared to tackle the storm preparations needed and the clean-up that will be necessary in the coming days.
“This is going to be a big and powerful storm and all across the Eastern Seaboard I think everybody is taking the appropriate preparations,” he told reporters after having a briefing on the storm in the White House Situation Room.
“This is a serious storm and it could potentially have fatal consequences if people haven’t acted quickly.”
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