President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney overhauled campaign plans on Sunday as Hurricane Sandy threatened tens of millions of Americans.
The massive storm was churning up the US Atlantic coast nine days before voting in the extremely close race for the White House.
As the hurricane neared, Mr Romney scrapped appearances in Virginia to join running-mate Paul Ryan in Ohio.
Mr Obama brought forward his departure for Florida to Sunday evening to dodge the storm, which was forecast to begin hitting the Washington region on Monday with strong wind and drenching rain.
The president also planned a stop in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday before returning to Washington to monitor the storm.
The Obama campaign said the president was being briefed regularly on the hurricane and preparations for the federal government "to bring all available resources to bear" to ease the effects of the monstrous, late-season storm.
Barack Obama made a campaign stop in New Hampshire on Saturday "The best thing we can do is focus on how we can help people during this storm and hope that it all clears out and that by the next weekend we'll be free of it and people can focus on the election," said top Obama strategist David Axelrod.
The president was going to the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on Sunday to participate in a storm briefing.
The National Response Coordination Centre in Washington, DC, is where FEMA is managing the deployment of federal resources and teams to states along the East Coast ahead of the big storm.
Because of the hurricane, Mr Obama had also cancelled a campaign event in Virginia on Monday and one in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Tuesday.
Virginia and Colorado - like Florida, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa and Nevada - are the critical battleground states where the outcome of the election will be determined.
Democrats claim the president has the edge heading into the final full week of the campaign.
Republicans insist Mr Romney has the momentum necessary for victory.
Voters in many states are already casting ballots early, and about one-third of the electorate will have voted before Election Day.
In addition to scrambling to tweak schedules over the weekend, the campaigns were pumping millions of more dollars into TV ads running in the decisive battleground states.
Well-funded outside groups and super PACs are paying for direct mail, automated phone calls and other get-out-the-vote efforts.
Total spending in this campaign has exceeded $2 billion, making it the most expensive presidential race in the history of electoral politics.
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