The view of the Hurricane Sandy damage over the Atlantic Coast from a helicopter in New Jersey, the US, October 31, 2012.
The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has offered humanitarian aid to the victims of Hurricane Sandy, which recently wreaked havoc in the northeast of the United States.
In a message to the American Red Cross on Wednesday, the IRCS expressed its condolences to the American people and the families of the victims.
The Iranian Red Crescent Society also voiced its full readiness to dispatch humanitarian aid to the disaster-hit areas.
Hurricane Sandy, the most devastating storm to hit the United States in decades, has killed at least 50 people in the country.
Power cuts affecting millions, nearly 19,000 flight cancellations, over 100 leveled homes and widely disrupted subway rail systems were among the immediate aftereffects of the hurricane on the northeast of the US.
On Tuesday, US President Barack Obama described the destruction and loss of lives as "heartbreaking for the nation" and warned of further damage yet to come.
At least 17 states have suffered severe damages from the storm. The estimated property and business losses have been put at USD 20 billion and USD 10 to 30 billion respectively, making it one of the costliest natural disasters on record in America, according to the IHS Global Insight, a forecasting firm.
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