Storm Sandy causes severe flooding in eastern US
 
A major storm bringing torrential rain, high winds, flood surges and heavy snow has made landfall on the east US coast.
 
Sandy, now a post-tropical cyclone, passed over the New Jersey coast at about 20:00 local time (midnight GMT), packing winds of about 80mph (129km/h).
 
Up to 50 million people could be affected, with hundreds of thousands ordered to evacuate homes. More than 1.5 million people have lost power.
Transport has halted in eastern cities, and thousands of flights are grounded.
 
A record 13ft (4-metre) surge of seawater was recorded in New York City, where large parts of lower Manhattan were plunged into darkness by power cuts and there were reports of some subway tunnels flooding.
 
The storm had earlier killed dozens of people as it passed through the Caribbean, mainly in Haiti.
 



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