USA GOVERNMENT HURRICANE SANDY

epa03451608 US President Barack Obama delivers a statement on Hurricane Sandy to members of the media, at the White House in Washington DC, USA, 29 October 2012. Obama urged residents to follow warnings from local officials as hurricane Sandy barrels toward the East Coast. Many areas from the mid-Atlantic to Northeast have declared a state of emergency as Sandy is expected to bring flooding and widespread power and commuication outages. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS