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Sandy’s Mid-Atlantic path of destruction The hurricane’s leading edge has struck the East Coast, with landfall expected later Monday.
Oct. 28, 2012
Travelers surround a flight monitor showing cancelled flights at LaGuardia Airport in New York.
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Oct. 28, 2012
Mike Herman, left, buys groceries at Tops as he prepares for Hurricane Sandy in Canton, Pa.
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Oct. 28, 2012
Sarah Korman and Michael Cunba, who evacuated their home in Long Beach, N.Y., bring their dogs Jade, left, and Ava to a pet shelter at Mitchell Park's Field House, run by the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management and Pet Safe Coalition in Uniondale, N.Y.
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Oct. 28, 2012
In Bay View Beach, Del., 1-year-old Ever Long and Bailey the dog look out from their home, which was reinforced with boards.
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Oct. 28, 2012
Along the Coastal Highway in Ocean City, Md., streets are slick with rain from the approaching storm.
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Oct. 28, 2012
High winds blow sea foam into the air along Jennette's Pier in Nags Head, N.C., as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy move through the area. Governors from North Carolina to Connecticut have declared states of emergency, and Delaware ordered mandatory evacuations for coastal communities by 8 p.m. Sunday.
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AP
Oct. 28, 2012
High winds blow sea foam onto Jennette's Pier in Nags Head, N.C., as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy move into the area. Steady rains were whipped by gusting winds.
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AP
Oct. 28, 2012
Folks watch the massive waves from the effects of Hurricane Sandy in Ocean City.
Ricky Carioti
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Oct. 28, 2012
Beachgoers play football on Compo Beach as the first signs of Hurricane Sandy approach Westport, Conn. The storm, which could affect tens of millions of people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain and high winds, and possibly heavy snow in parts of Ohio and West Virginia.
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Oct. 28, 2012
Alexandria heavy-equipment operator Glenn Crouch, right, helps Community Emergency Response Team volunteers Brian Jacobson, center, and Chuck Ferguson stack sandbags being issued to residents at a school parking lot in Alexandria.
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Oct. 28, 2012
Residents talk as they wait at Brookland Hardware in Washington for a shipment of batteries in advance of Hurricane Sandy. From left, are Greta Elliott Meredith, Hazel Thomas, Lisa Johnson Briggs, Stacy Ann Williams and Carol Scurlock.
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Oct. 28, 2012
Carol Scurlock holds the oil lamp she plans to purchase as she waits with neighbors at Brookland Hardware in Washington.
Bill O'Leary
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The Washington Post
Oct. 28, 2012
President Obama receives a briefing on Hurricane Sandy at the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington. At right is FEMA Administrator William Craig Fugate.
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Oct. 28, 2012
The U.S. Capitol is visible beneath gathering clouds on the eve of a possibly historic storm.
Bill O'Leary
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The Washington Post
Oct. 28, 2012
Raymond Souza carries finishes boarding up Tidal Rave's 5 & 10 gift shop on the boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach, Del., ahead of Hurricane Sandy's landfall.
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Oct. 28, 2012
Fishermen secure their boats in the blowing rain at Broad Creek Marina in Wanchese, N.C., as Hurricane Sandy moves up the East Coast.
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AP
Oct. 28, 2012
Benny looks on as his owner, Fred, fills sandbags before Hurricane Sandy approaches of Long Beach, N.Y. Sandy, which has already claimed more than 50 lives in the Caribbean, is predicted to bring heavy winds and flooding to the Mid-Atlantic region.
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Oct. 28, 2012
New Yorkers wary of Hurricane Sandy stock up on groceries at the Fairway supermarket. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced that the city’s bus, subway and commuter rail service will be closed Sunday evening, ahead of the storm.
Keith Bedford
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Reuters
Oct. 28, 2012
This supermarket shelf has been emptied of all its bottled water as the restive residents of Westport, Conn., anticipate Hurricane Sandy.
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Oct. 28, 2012
Timothy O'Hara practices kickboxing with his son, Isaiah, as his wife, April, watches from a makeshift bed while their daughters Nehemiah, left, and Tiana play at a shelter in the Milford Middle School gymnasium in Milford, Del. They were evacuated from their home in Rehoboth Beach because of Hurricane Sandy.
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Oct. 28, 2012
A boarded-up beachfront home in Margate, N.J., is updated for the new threat.
Joseph Kaczmarek
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AP
Oct. 28, 2012
A maintenance worker named Vito attaches plywood to a sidewalk grate in lower Manhattan.
Craig Ruttle
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AP
Oct. 27, 2012
Hannah Smith, 4, looks over a pile of sandbags as her dad, Charles, checks their stability in front of their home in Norfolk.
Ross Taylor
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Virginian-Pilot via AP
Oct. 28, 2012
A car drives through the flooded streets of Ocean City, Md., as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast.
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AP
Oct. 28, 2012
Cody Billotte loads his partially submerged car to go to work as Hurricane Sandy approaches.
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Oct. 27, 2012
Fletcher Birch, right, and Jay Kleman finish boarding up the windows on their surf store in Ocean City, Md., as Hurricane Sandy approaches the Atlantic coast.
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AP
Oct. 28, 2012
A woman takes photos of the waves on the Chesapeake Bay, which were stirred up by the early winds of Hurricane Sandy, still about 250 miles away, from a pier in North Beach, Md.
Ray K. Saunders
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The Washington Post
Oct. 28, 2012
People watch the waves break at the inlet in Ocean City, Md., as Hurricane Sandy approaches.
Ricky Carioti
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The Washington Post
Oct. 28, 2012
Jenny Lind and her dog Greta run from a wave in Ocean City, Md., as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast.
Alex Brandon
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AP
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