D.C. residents hit stores, ride it out as Sandy approaches

Across the region on Monday, shoppers ventured out to grab last-minute items before stores joined the rest of the world in hunkering down for the worst of Hurricane Sandy, expected by nightfall.

Those looking for batteries, flashlights or handheld radios may have waited too long as many stores had already been picked over. In Rockville, a manager at the Radio Shack on Rockville Pike said the store ran out of DD batteries on Friday, and flashlights and radios disappeared off the shelves over the weekend.