Photos: Superstorm Slams East Coast

The South Ferry subway station after it was flooded by seawater during superstorm Sandy on Tuesday. 

Waves pound a lighthouse on the shores of Lake Erie Tuesday near Cleveland.

Members of the National Guard and Hoboken Police ride a large truck through floodwaters on Wednesday. 

Damage to the MTA New York City Transit system at the South Ferry Subway station.

A 168-foot water tanker, the John B. Caddell, sits on the shore Tuesday morning where it ran aground on Front Street in the Stapleton neighborhood of New York's Staten Island.

Members of the National Guard stand ready with large trucks used to pluck people from high water in Hoboken, N.J. on Wednesday in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Parts of the city are still covered in standing water, trapping some residents in their homes.

Water is pumped from a restaurant on First Street in Hoboken, N.J. on Wednesday. 

A man walks through a flooded street after Hurricane Sandy in Little Ferry, N.J. on Tuesday. 

The GOES-13 satellite captured this image of Hurricane Sandy on October 28 at 5:55 p.m. ET.

Damage to the MTA New York City Transit system at the South Ferry Subway station.

Damage to the MTA New York City Transit system at the South Ferry Subway station.

A man looks through the debris of his destroyed home in the Rockaway section of the Queens borough of New York City on Tuesday.

A small shop that rents personal water craft rests in a huge sinkhole on the bayside in Ocean City, N.J. on Tuesday.

A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday in Hoboken, NJ.

 A darkened Flatiron Building stands in a section of Manhattan still in a blackout following Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday.

Carlo Popolano stands outside his beachfront home, damaged in superstorm Sandy, on Tuesday, in Coney Island's Sea Gate community in New York.

Popolano said he was watching the storm with his son and "everything was okay until about 7:30 and then one big wave came and washed away our whole backyard."

A fallen tree lies in front of Hoboken University hospital that remains flooded with water from Hurricane Sandy in Hoboken, N.J. on Tuesday. 

Cars are submerged at the entrance to a parking garage in New York's Financial District in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. New York City awakened Tuesday.

A police officer watches as a passerby looks into a store through a damaged security grate on Tuesday on Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island, N.Y.

Firefighters work to contain a fire that destroyed over 50 homes during Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday in the Breezy Point neighborhood of Queens, N.Y.

A lone home sits on the beach in Mantoloking, N.J., on Tuesday in an area that residents say was filled with homes that are now gone after superstorm Sandy rolled through.

A front end loader clears debris caught in floods and washed onto the beach on Tuesday in Coney Island, N.Y.

Furniture, sand and other debris litter the kitchen of a heavily damaged home in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy Tuesday in Massapequa, N.Y.

This aerial photo shows burned-out homes in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough New York after a fire on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. The tiny beachfront neighborhood told to evacuate before Sandy hit New York burned down as it was inundated by floodwaters, transforming a quaint corner of the Rockaways into a smoke-filled debris field. 

People stand on a mound of construction dirt to view the area where a 2,000-foot section of the uptown boardwalk was destroyed by flooding from Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday in Atlantic City, N.J.

Pedestrians look at the remains of a section of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., Tuesday.

Cars are submerged at the entrance to a parking garage in New York's Financial District in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy Tuesday.

Rescuers bring people out by boat in Little Ferry, N.J., Tuesday in the wake of superstorm Sandy.

CORRECTS NAME OF TOWN - This photo made available by the New Jersey Governor's Office shows damage to the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012 after superstorm Sandy made landfall in New Jersey Monday evening.

Heavy surf caused by Hurricane Sandy buckles Ocean Ave on Tuesday in Avalon, N.J.

People stand on a mound of construction dirt to view the area where a 2000-foot section of the uptown boardwalk was destroyed by flooding from Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday in Atlantic City, N.J.

A heavily damaged waterfront house is inundated by the waters of South Oyster Bay in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy Tuesday in Massapequa, N.Y.

An ambulance is stuck in over a foot of snow off of Highway 33 West, near Belington, W.Va. on Tuesday.

A man pushes a boat along a flooded street in the wake of Superstorm Sandy on Tuesday in Little Ferry, N.J.

A man crosses flooded a street in New York's South Street Seaport, in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, Tuesday.

Glenn Heartley pulls on a rope attached to his car in preparation for getting it towed from a creek in Chincoteague, Va., Tuesday.

Water floods a street on Tuesday in lower Manhattan, New York.

Water floods the Plaza Shops in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, on Tuesday in Manhattan, New York.

Damage caused by a fire at Breezy Point is shown Tuesday in New York. Fire officials say the blaze was reported around 11 p.m. Monday in an area flooded by the superstorm that began sweeping through earlier.

A street sign is partially buried in sand Tuesday morning, Oct. 30, in Cape May, N.J., after a storm surge from Sandy pushed the Atlantic Ocean over the beach and across Beach Avenue.

The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial sits in flood waters in downtown Annapolis, Md., on Tuesday after the superstorm and the remnants of Hurricane Sandy passed through Annapolis.

A woman is lifted into a National Guard vehicle after leaving her flooded home at the Metropolitan Trailer Park in Moonachie, N.J. on Tuesday.

Damage from flooding at Breezy Point after superstorm Sandy on Tuesday.

Water reaches the street level of the flooded Battery Park Underpass, on Tuesday in New York. 

A resident inspects the area around her apartment building (left) which flooded and destroyed large sections of an old boardwalk on Tuesday in Atlantic City, N.J. 

Con Edison employees monitor the drainage of water being pumped out of Seven World Trade Center on Tuesday in the Financial District of New York.

A tree leans against a house in the Bay Ridge neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Tuesday, while another tree lies on a taxi with a shattered rear window in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy. 

A man clears leaves from a sewer drain in lower Manhattan, on Tuesday in New York. The storm has claimed at least 17 lives in the United States, and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. 

A keep off the dunes sign is buried Tuesday morning in Cape May, N.J., after a storm surge from superstorm Sandy pushed the Atlantic Ocean over the beach and into the streets.

Damage caused by a fire at Breezy Point is shown Tuesday, in the New York City borough of Queens. The fire destroyed between 80 and 100 houses Monday night in the flooded neighborhood. More than 190 firefighters have contained the six-alarm blaze fire in the Breezy Point section, but they are still putting out some pockets of fire. 

Large stretches of boardwalk were destroyed by Storm Sandy in Atlantic City, N.J. on Tuesday. 

Kim Johnson looks over the destruction near her seaside apartment in Atlantic City, N.J., on Tuesday.

A National Guard humvee travels through high water to check the area after the effects of Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday, in Ocean City, Md.

Floodwaters from Sandy enter the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel (former Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel), which was closed on Monday. 

A fire burns at least two dozen homes in a flooded neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens on Tuesday.

An uprooted tree blocks 7th street near Avenue D in the East Village as a result of high winds from Sandy.

Snow falls in Elkins, W.Va., on Tuesday, a day after Sandy slammed the eastern coast of the Unites States. In some parts of West Virginia the collision of multiple storm systems could produce up to 3 feet of snow.

Sea water floods the Ground Zero construction site Monday in New York. 

In this photo provided by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey a surveillance camera captures the PATH station in Hoboken, N.J., as it is flooded shortly before 9:30 p.m. EDT on Monday.

A flooded street, caused by Hurricane Sandy, is seen on Monday in the Financial District of New York.

A truck drives by a flooded gas station in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn as Hurricane Sandy affects the area on Monday in New York.

Flooded cars, caused by Hurricane Sandy, are seen on Monday in the Financial District of New York.

A vehicle is submerged on 14th Street near the Consolidated Edison power plant on Monday in New York.

Water rushes into the Carey Tunnel (previously the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel), caused by Hurricane Sandy, on Monday in the Financial District of New York.

Fire fighters evaluate the scene of an apartment building which had the front wall collapse due to Hurricane Sandy on Monday in New York.

A flooded street is seen at nightfall during rains from Hurricane Sandy on Monday in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

An historic ferry boat named the Binghamton is swamped by the waves of the Hudson River in Edgewater, N.J., Monday as Hurricane Sandy lashes the East Coast.

Heavy surf crashes over a seawall on the Atlantic Ocean during the early stages of Hurricane Sandy Monday in Kennebunk, Maine.

Part of a crane boom is seen hanging off a building under construction on West 57th Street on Monday in New York City.

A downed limb lies in a flooded street as Hurricane Sandy approaches Monday in Center Moriches, N.Y.

A huge wave crashes on the beach as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast Monday in Ocean City, Md.

A house is inundated by flood water as Hurricane Sandy approaches Monday in Center Moriches, N.Y.

Part of the Ocean City Fishing Pier is missing, and the fence dangles in the water, as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Monday in Ocean City, Md.

A resident pulls a woman in a canoe down 6th Street as high tide, rain and winds flood local streets on Monday in Lindenhurst, New York.

Al Daisey walks in the flood water in front of his home as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast Monday in Fenwick Island, Del.

The Hudson River swells and rises over its banks flooding the Lackawanna train station as Hurricane Sandy approaches Hoboken, N.J., Monday.

Water floods a street as people prepare their homes for the oncoming storm Monday in Seaford, N.Y.

After checking to make sure his boat line is secure, Bob Casseday crosses a flooded street just over the bridge along Savannah Road in Lewes, Del., to get back home as Superstorm Sandy hits Delaware Monday.

A National Guard truck checks the area for stranded people as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Monday in Ocean City, Md.

Water floods a street as people prepare their homes for the oncoming storm Monday in Seaford, N.Y.

Storm surge hits a small tree as winds from Hurricane Sandy reach Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Conn., Monday.

Waves from Hurricane Sandy crash onto the damaged Avalon Pier in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Monday as Sandy churns up the east coast.

The number 1 subway train station is blocked by sandbags at Battery Park in New York on Monday in preparation for a possible storm surge. 

Waves wash over the sea wall near high tide at Battery Park in New York on Monday as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast.

A fallen tree blocks South Ireland Avenue as Long Island is hit by Hurricane Sandy on Monday in Amityville, New York.

Dark clouds are seen over the skyline of Manhattan as Hurricane Sandy begins to affect the area on Monday, Oct. 29.

A man walks through the floodwaters in front of his home after assisting neighbors as Hurricane Sandy bears down in Fenwick Island, Del. on Monday.

A stranded car sits parked along a flooded street near downtown Norfolk, Va. on Monday.

Rough surf breaks over the beach and across Beach Avenue in Cape May, N.J., on Monday, as high tide and Hurricane Sandy begin to arrive. 

People take pictures on the Rockaway Beach Boulevard as Hurricane Sandy begins to affect the area on Monday in the Queens borough of New York City.

A man sits on a railing at Rockaway Beach Boulevard ahead of Hurricane Sandy on Monday in the Queens borough of New York City. 

Waves pound Carolina Beach pier in Carolina Beach, N.C., Saturday as Hurricane Sandy churns in the Atlantic.

 High winds blow sea foam into the air as a person walks across Jeanette's Pier in Nags Head, N.C., Sunday as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy move into the area.

A shopper finds the bread shelves empty at a supermarket in Manhattan Sunday.

High winds blow sea foam onto Jeanette's Pier in Nags Head, N.C., Sunday as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy move into the area.

A car goes through the high water as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Sunday in Ocean City, Md.

A public shelter in Seward Park High School on the lower east side begins to fill in preparation of the storm Sunday in New York.

Residents still hang around the Rehoboth boardwalk as businesses board up their windows in preparation for the approaching Hurricane Sandy, Sunday.

Mark Palazzolo, owner of a bait and tackle shop on the Manasquan Inlet in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., sits next to wood he has used to board up his business in previous major storms, Sunday. Of Hurricane Sandy, he said, "I think this is going to do us in."

Michael Bolick works on the roof of his friend's house Sunday in Sunset Park, N.C.

Floodwaters run over Route 9 near Bay View Beach as residents prepare for the approaching Hurricane Sandy, in Bay View Beach, Del., Sunday.

Carpenters Frank Jiacopello (left) and Ron Skinner put plywood over the doors at the Bally's Casino on the boardwalk as Hurricane Sandy approaches on Sunday in Atlantic City, N.J.

A sign announcing the closure of the Trump Casino stands in the lobby as Hurricane Sandy approaches on Oct. 28 in Atlantic City, N.J.

A store manager gets help boarding up the windows of the business as Hurricane Sandy approaches the Atlantic Coast, in Ocean City, Md., on Saturday.

A surfer kicks out at the top of a wave after a ride, Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla. 

Hurricane Sandy churns off the east coast on Sunday in the Atlantic Ocean.

Hannah Smith, 4, looks over a pile of sandbags as her dad, Charles, checks their stability in front of their home along Ocean View Avenue Saturday in Norfolk, Va.

A man walks down the empty boarwalk as Hurricane Sandy approaches on Sunday in Atlantic City, N.J.