Many individuals up and down the east coast of the U.S. are getting prepared for Hurricane Sandy, which has been nicknamed "Frankenstorm" due to its pre-Halloween weather presence. The storm is expected to bring high wind, high tides, heavy rain and possibly snow.

Meteorologists are expecting Sandy to peak on Tuesday and go beyond Halloween on Wednesday. Due to the uncommon mix of three merging weather systems over a dense populated region, experts are predicting that there will be at least $1 billion in damage.

Sandy worked its way through the Bahamas early Friday, killing 21 people throughout the Caribbean. The storm knocked out power, flooded streets and cut off islands. It also headed past Cat Island and Eleuthera, but the local authorities said there were no deaths there.

Sandy continues to swirl north having also gone through Haiti and Cuba. From the west, a winter storm is said to be heading across the United States and cold air is moving south from the neighboring Canada. If the two forces meet on Tuesday morning around the areas of New York or New Jersey as forecasters are predicting, it could create a heavy wet mess that could reach as far west as Ohio.

Jeff Masters, meteorology director of Weather Underground, a forecasting service, spoke to Fox News about the potential potency of Sandy.

"It's looking like a very serious storm that could be historic. Mother Nature is not saying, 'Trick or treat.' It's just going to give tricks."

Government Forecasters are saying that there's a 90 percent probability (up from 60 percent two days prior) that the east will get hit by the storm. Coastal areas from Florida to Maine are also said to end up feeling some of the effects. However, Sandy is expected to hand out the worst of its wrath to the New Jersey and New York City areas, which could receive roughly 5 inches of rain and winds close to 40 mph.

Tags
Offbeat