Hurricane "Sandy" is approaching the east coast of the United States

A powerful Hurricane of Sandy will fall on the coast of the American state of New Jersey a few hours later.

Now its center is located in the Atlantic Ocean in few tens of kilometers from the shore.

The wind speed in New York already reaches 65 kilometers per hour, the height of the waves that fall on Long Island reaches 8 meters. There is an evacuation of people from coastal areas. It is reported that tens of thousands of houses have already left without electricity.

In the center of New York, the top of the construction crane broke off the construction of a skyscraper from behind the wind, threatens its fall down. People are evacuated from the upper floors of neighboring buildings.

The emergency was announced in several states of the east coast of the United States. On Tuesday in Washington, government institutions will not work, the stock exchange will not open in New York again. Flights were canceled, a public transport schedule has been changed. US President Barack Obama and his rival, on the upcoming election of Mitt Romnie, abolished a number of election trips.