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Sandy pushes ashore Superstorm Sandy causes evacuations, closings throughout the East Coast.
Oct. 29, 2012
Seawater floods the entrance to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, officially called the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, in New York.
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Oct. 29, 2012
A pedestrian runs through floodwater in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn as superstorm Sandy moves through the area.
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Oct. 29, 2012
Ambulances wait outside New York University’s Tisch Hospital during an evacuation of the hospital after its backup generator failed. Power was knocked out by the storm.
John Minchillo
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Oct. 29, 2012
Seawater floods the construction site at Ground Zero in New York.
John Minchillo
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Oct. 29, 2012
Rising water, caused by Sandy, rushes into a parking garage in New York’s Financial District.
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Oct. 29, 2012
A flooded gas station is seen in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn.
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Oct. 29, 2012
Fairfax County firefghters make their way along Fenwick Drive in the Huntington area of Alexandria to call for residents to evacuate as the water level on Cameron Run rises.
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Oct. 29, 2012
McDonald's restaurant manager Naeem Mahmood, right, listens as cabdriver Amos Ajayi tells how, just moments before, a tree hit his car during the storm. The incident occurred at the entrance to the fast-food restaurant on University Boulevard West in Kensington. A passenger in the taxi, Lovane Fevly, was shaken but not injured. Mahmood offered them free coffee as they waited in the store for rides.
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Oct. 29, 2012
Firefighters work in front of a partially collapsed four-story apartment building in Manhattan. The building's facade collapsed after high winds hit New York.
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Reuters
Oct. 29, 2012
The facade of an apartment building collapsed in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.
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Oct. 29, 2012
Firefighters use a saw to remove a partially collapsed door during the storm in New York.
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Oct. 29, 2012
A pedestrian sprints across G Street NW in the District.
Bill O'Leary
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Oct. 29, 2012
People brace against a gust from Sandy in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood. Residents were ordered to evacuate because of the storm surge that was expected.
Bebeto Matthews
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AP
Oct. 29, 2012
A wave crashes onto a house before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Scituate, Mass.
Jessica Rinaldi
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Reuters
Oct. 29, 2012
Two boys run down Foster Avenue while dodging high winds and waves from the effects of Hurricane Sandy in Marshfield, Mass.
Scott Eisen
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Reuters
Oct. 29, 2012
Firefighters look over two houses that were struck by trees in Brooklyn.
Justin Lane
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 29, 2012
Local residents take shelter at Cape Henlopen High School in Lewes, Del.
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Oct. 29, 2012
A dog looks out from an open window as its owner takes pictures from a car parked near the seawall in Scituate, Mass.
Elise Amendola
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AP
Oct. 29, 2012
People wade and paddle down a flooded street in Lindenhurst, N.Y.
Jason DeCrow
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AP
Oct. 29, 2012
Backpacker Will Overman of Virginia Beach heads to his car in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, near Gatlinburg, Tenn. About 50 backpackers took shelter in the park during Sunday night's snowfall. Rangers expect more snow and high winds in the days to come as fallout from the storm pounding the East Coast.
J. Miles Cary
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Knoxville News Sentinel via AP
Oct. 29, 2012
Wearing a trash bag, Bryant Pettis makes his way along 14th Street NW as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy makes it difficult to walk in the District.
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Oct. 29, 2012
Few cars head eastbound on Route 50 across the Bay Bridge in Annapolis.
Jonathan Newton
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The Washington Post
Oct. 29, 2012
Anthony Reiner of Annapolis is hit by a wind gust that buckles his umbrella as he heads up Main Street to go meet friends at a bar to ride out the storm in Annapolis.
Jonathan Newton
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The Washington Post
Oct. 29, 2012
Contractors for the city of Alexandria scrape and flush a sewer at the intersection of King and Union streets in Old Town Alexandria. The city is trying to stay ahead of the heavy rains and flooding that is expected to take place at this intersection later tonight.
Tracy A. Woodward
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The Washington Post
Oct. 29, 2012
U.S. Route 30, the White Horse Pike, one of three major approaches to Atlantic City, is covered with water from Absecon Bay in this view looking west.
Tom Mihalek
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Reuters
Oct. 29, 2012
Waves crash against a previously damaged pier in Atlantic City.
Stan Honda
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Oct. 29, 2012
Marion Brownback runs her dog Perle along Calvert Beach in St. Leonard.
Linda Davidson
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The Washington Post
Oct. 29, 2012
Langley Park Plaza was busy with shoppers trying to get last-minute supplies.
Sarah L. Voisin
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The Washington Post
Oct. 29, 2012
David Richardson, right, and Roxanne Richardson, left, look out the window at the tree limb that fell on a power line, cutting power to their home in Frederick. Jordan Dawson, center, checks news reports.
Katherine Frey
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The Washington Post
Oct. 29, 2012
Roxanne Richardson, 23, and Jordan Dawson, 19, huddle together as they watch firefighters put up flares and caution tape after a tree limb fell on a power line in Frederick. They lost power due to the limb, but their neighbors across the street did not.
Katherine Frey
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The Washington Post
Oct. 29, 2012
An electrical crew repairs a utility pole on a flooded street in Ocean City.
Ricky Carioti
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The Washington Post
Oct. 29, 2012
Caleb Lavoie, 17, of Dayton, Maine, front, and Curtis Huard, 16, of Arundel, Maine, leap out of the way as a large wave crashes over a seawall in Kennebunk, Maine.
Robert F. Bukaty
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AP
Oct. 29, 2012
An Obama campaign sign rises above the floodwaters in front of a home as rain continues to fall in Norfolk.
Steve Helber
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AP
Oct. 29, 2012
A wind-damaged crane in New York hangs precariously from the side of a building on West 57th Street.
Andrew Gombert
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European Pressphoto Agency
Oct. 29, 2012
Tourists shield themselves from driving rain in Times Square as Hurricane Sandy makes its approach in New York.
Andrew Kelly
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Reuters
Oct. 29, 2012
White caps break in the tidal basin as high winds hit Washington.
Bonnie Jo Mount
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The Washington Post
Oct. 29, 2012
Spc. Brett Hyde, Tomb Sentinel, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), keeps guard over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
Sgt. Jose A. Torres Jr.
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AP
Oct. 29, 2012
President Obama steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base. Obama cancelled his appearance at a campaign rally in Orlando and returned early to Washington to monitor response to Hurricane Sandy.
Mandel Ngan
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Oct. 29, 2012
Pepco officials hold a staff meeting to coordinate strategy in Washington.
Bill O'Leary
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The Washington Post
Oct. 29, 2012
A woman pulls a piece of porch off her home as water crashes over her on Winthrop Shore Drive in Winthrop, Mass.
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Oct. 29, 2012
Waves crash over Winthrop Shore Drive in Winthrop, Mass.
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Oct. 29, 2012
A police office questions two surfers as they climb under a fence after surfing in Coney Island.
Keith Bedford
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Reuters
Oct. 29, 2012
Lisa Famularo braces for impact as a large wave crashes over a seawall in Kennebunk, Maine.
Robert F. Bukaty
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AP
Oct. 29, 2012
A sailboat smashes on the rocks after breaking free from its mooring on City Island in New York.
Don Emmert
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AFP/Getty Images
Oct. 29, 2012
The north end of Cape Charles beach along the Chesapeake Bay sustained damaged created by Hurricane Sandy.
Scott Neville
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For The Washington Post
Oct. 29, 2012
A woman reacts to waves crashing over a seawall in Narragansett, R.I.
Steven Senne
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AP
Oct. 29, 2012
Water from the Hudson River crashes along the shore in Battery Park in New York.
Brendan McDermid
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Reuters
Oct. 29, 2012
A military vehicle travels up a flooded road in Ocean City.
Ricky Carioti
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The Washington Post
Oct. 29, 2012
A National Guard vehicle travels up a flooded street with rescued residents during a storm produced by Hurricane Sandy in Ocean City.
Ricky Carioti
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The Washington Post
Oct. 29, 2012
Airmen of the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, are processed before being sent out to provide assistance at emergency shelters set up throughout the state prior to the landfall of Hurricane Sandy, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
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Reuters
Oct. 29, 2012
Viewers brace against ocean spray as waves crash against a seawall in Scituate, Mass.
Elise Amendola
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AP
Oct. 29, 2012
Storm surge hits a small tree as winds from Hurricane Sandy reach Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Conn.
Jessica Hill
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AP
Oct. 29, 2012
A shopper runs in the wind-blown rain of Hurricane Sandy from a grocery store in Prince Frederick.
Linda Davidson
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Oct. 29, 2012
Waters from Hurricane Sandy start to flood Beach Avenue in Cape May, N.J.
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Oct. 29, 2012
A truck drives through water that has been pushed over the road by Hurricane Sandy in Southampton, N.Y.
Lucas Jackson
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Reuters
Oct. 29, 2012
Waves break over the protective wall on the boardwalk as Hurricane Sandy approaches Ocean City.
Ricky Carioti
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The Washington Post
Oct. 29, 2012
Monica Martin watches the pounding surf from the boardwalk as Hurricane Sandy approaches Ocean City.
Ricky Carioti
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The Washington Post
Oct. 29, 2012
Department of Public Works employees clear the streets of leaves in Frederick as rain from Hurricane Sandy falls.
Katherine Frey
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The Washington Post
Oct. 29, 2012
Few people are seen at Reagan National Airport as Hurricane Sandy forced scores of flights to be canceled.
Matt McClain
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For The Washington Post
Oct. 29, 2012
Dave Winiegler with the City of Frederick clears leaves from storm drain grates as rain from Hurricane Sandy falls.
Katherine Frey
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The Washington Post
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