The US could suffer losses of more than $ 20 billion due to Hurricane Sandy

According to AFP, fifty million residents of the eastern states of the United States stretch from Virginia, through Washington, to Delaware, New York and Massachusetts, and are extremely worried when Hurricane Sandy is about to land and land. can cause physical damage estimated at over 20 billion USD.

All activities in the Eastern United States were stalled, from the closure of the government, public transportation systems and even the New York stock market.

People were called to prevent storms, even President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney also had to cancel some election campaign programs.

Hurricane Sandy is described as "the storm of the century" , because wind power can reach 149km / h, but move slowly and cover a very large area.

Nearly 12,000 flights have been canceled due to storms, while airlines have warned it will take days before flights can be resumed.