EDIT CONTAINS 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />The front of a four storey apartment building collapsed in Manhattan Monday evening as super storm Sandy ripped through the city.<br/> <br />Officials say there were people home at the time, but no one was hurt.<br/> <br />Several individual apartments in the building, located in the Chelsea neighbourhood in midtown, were left exposed to the elements.<br/> <br />Sandy is battering the east coast of the US - causing widespread damage and a mounting death toll.<br/> <br />New York mayor Michael Bloomberg warned residents to stay indoors.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) NEW YORK MAYOR, MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, SAYING:<br/> <br />"So the message is one more time -- Don't call 911 unless it's a real life threatening emergency and number two don't go out and don't drive. Your just blocking the emergency vehicles from getting where they want to go."<br/> <br />The storm has already left more than three million people without power, and many states are experiencing flooding.<br/> <br />Sandy is expected to cause billions of dollars worth of damage and massive losses to businesses across the region
