New York orders 375,000 storm evacuations

NEW York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered the evacuation of 375,000 people in low-lying areas threatened by Hurricane Sandy.

"This is a serious and dangerous storm," Bloomberg told a news conference on Sunday as he ordered the mandatory evacuation ahead of the storm, which is expected to start hitting on Monday.

He ordered the evacuation of part of lower Manhattan and the Rockaways, a low-lying area of Queens.

Bloomberg also said the 1.1 million-student New York City school system would be closed on Monday.

That follows the suspension of the city's public transport system.

The New York subway and trains will be suspended from 7pm on Sunday (1000 AEDT on Monday) while buses will stop running two hours later.

New York's public transport system is America's largest. The subway alone has more than five million passengers a day.

Meanwhile Air France has cancelled all flights into New York and Washington on Monday while US airlines have called off hundreds of domestic flights.

New York airports were still open on Sunday but the airport authority warned passengers to expect disruption.

Rainfall is expected to start in New York on Monday (AEDT).

Hurricane Sandy is headed north from the Caribbean to meet a winter storm and a cold front.

Experts say the rare hybrid storm that results will cause havoc over 1200 kilometres from the East Coast to the Great Lakes.

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