USA HURRICANE SANDY

epa03451648 A shopper walks past mostly empty shelves in the beverage section of a grocery store that was depleted ahead of Hurricane Sandy, in Alexandria, Virginia, USA, 29 October 2012. US President Barack 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