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25 Indelible Images from Superstorm Sandy

See widescreen photos of the storm's wrath in the Eastern U.S.

By SKYE Editors Oct 31, 2012

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    1 of 25

    Waves pound a lighthouse on the shores of Lake Erie Tuesday, Oct. 30 near Cleveland.

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    Storm surge hits a small tree as winds from Hurricane Sandy reach Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Conn., Monday, Oct. 29. Water from Long Island Sound spilled into roadways and towns along the Connecticut shoreline Monday, the first signs of flooding from the storm.

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    Waves crash over the bow of a tug boat as it passes near the Statue of Liberty in New York Monday, Oct. 29.  Rough water from Hurricane Sandy churned the waters of New York Harbor. 

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    Sailboats rock in choppy water along the Hudson River Greenway in New York during Sunday on Monday, Oct. 29.

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    This satellite image taken Tuesday, Oct. 30, shows post-tropical storm Sandy off the East Coast of the US.

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    Sea water floods the Ground Zero construction site, Monday, Oct. 29, in New York City.

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    The Midtown skyline remains lit as Lower Manhattan remains mostly without power on Nov. 1 in New York City.

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  • Getty Images
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    Receding floodwater reveal a fleet of yellow cabs in Hoboken, New Jersey on Wednesday, Oct. 31. Known as the Mile Square City, the low-lying neighborhoods suffered deep flooding resulting from the storm surge associated with Sandy.

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    A 168-foot water tanker, the John B. Caddell, sits on the shore Tuesday morning, Oct. 30. It ran aground on Front Street in the Stapleton neighborhood of New York's Staten Island as a result of superstorm Sandy.

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    North Carolina 12 buckled from pounding surf leading into Mirlo Beach in Rodanthe, N.C. on Tuesday, Oct. 30.

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    11 of 25

    Brian Hajeski, 41, of Brick, N.J., reacts after looking at debris of a home that washed up on to the Mantoloking Bridge the morning after superstorm Sandy rolled through, Tuesday, Oct. 30, in Mantoloking, N.J.

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    People walk through sand that washed up from the beach and onto Route 35 during superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Oct. 31, in Lavallette, N.J.

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

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    A firehouse is surrounded by floodwaters in the wake of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, in Hoboken, N.J. 

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    Devastation in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough of New York Tuesday after a fire burned homes.

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    Damage in the Rockaway neighborhood of Queens, where the historic boardwalk was washed away during Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 31.

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    Water floods the Plaza Shops in the wake of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30 in Manhattan.

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    This photo provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority shows the South Ferry subway station after it was flooded by seawater during superstorm Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30.

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    Damage to the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J. on Tuesday, Oct. 30, after superstorm Sandy made landfall Monday evening.

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    A man walks through a flooded street after Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday, Oct. 30, in Little Ferry, N.J.

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    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 Oct. 30 in Atlantic City, N.J.

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

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

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    Glenn Heartley pulls on a rope attached to his car in Chincoteague, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 30. Heartley and his wife were swept off the road and into the shallow creek during superstorm Sandy's arrival Monday.

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    A damaged bumper car sits inside the Keansburg Amusement Park after Superstorm Sandy swept across the region on Nov. 1 in Keansburg, N.J.

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rh7529

Holy Shiiiiittt

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Eddia Rivera Acevedo

Did U vote for Obama? if yes why r u still on the mess u r in.?????

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Peter

You are correct but many people want to believe that it is not happening and if we did something it would ruin are economy. Thruth is without a world we don't have an economy.

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Brad

Wow....can\'t we all just get along ? :)

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joan

My daughter just built a house down there! WOW.

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Bill

the comment is blocking the picture.

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jrkepner

As a professional photographer, this image is stunning!~

February 08 2013 at 4:28 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply
cutebbwcandy

That is a scary, but beautiful photo.

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lizanastasia

Still terrible down here ... houses sideways upside down pushed into each other, homes sitting in the river still, homes just NOT there anymore.... ally ways turned into streams, sand taking over roads ... still no power to alot of these areas / still looks like a war zone

January 17 2013 at 10:38 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply
John Mckenna

After reading all this I think you should all just off yourselfs and let the rest of us live in peace. I enjoy the weather extremes as it adds spice to life.

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