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Hurricane Sandy 2012, Atlantic, United States
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The Supreme Court will not convene on Tuesday, October 30. For the second day in a row, the United States Government Office of Personnel Management closed federal offices in the Washington D.C. area to the public, also on October 30. Schools will be closed for a second day October 30. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge, which had been closed because of Sandy's high winds, reopened the morning of October 30. MARC train and Virginia Railway Express are not running October 30, but on that day Metro rail and bus service will begin at 2 p.m., with all lines operating on a Sunday schedule until the system closes.
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At least 100 feet of a fishing pier at the beach resort of Ocean City was destroyed. Gov. Martin O'Malley said the pier is "half-gone." Both the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge on I-95 across the Susquehanna River are closed; it was unclear whether this is the first time the Tydings Bridge has been closed. Due to flooding, the Mayor of the City of Salisbury instituted a Civil Emergency and instituted a curfew beginning at 7pm on October 29 through 10am October 30. I-68 in far western Maryland and northern West Virginia closed due to impassable roads from heavy snow. Multiple vehicles are stranded on the interstate and the National Guard was sent out to help.
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