October 28, 2012 — High winds blow sea foam onto Jeanette’s Pier in Nags Head, N.C. as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy move into the area.
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October 29, 2012 — Richard Thomas walks through the flood waters in front of his home after assisting neighbors as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast in Fenwick Island, Del.
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October 29, 2012 — The Hudson River swells and rises over the banks of the Hoboken, N.J., waterfront as Hurricane Sandy approaches New York City.
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People wade and paddle down a flooded street as Hurricane Sandy approaches in Lindenhurst, N.Y. Gaining speed and power through the day, the storm knocked out electricity to more than 1 million people and figured to upend life for tens of millions more.
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October 29, 2012 — Streets are flooded under the Manhattan Bridge in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, N.Y. Sandy continued on its path as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.
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October 29, 2012 — Sea water floods the Ground Zero construction site in downtown Manhattan.
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October 30, 2012 — Cars are submerged at the entrance to a parking garage in New York City’s Financial District in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
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October 30, 2012 — A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of Hurricane Sandy.
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October 30, 2012 —
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 Hurricane Sandy rolled through in New Jersey.
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October 31, 2012 — John Okeefe walks on the beach as a rollercoaster that once sat on the Funtown Pier in Seaside Heights, N.J., rests in the ocean after the pier was washed away by Hurricane Sandy.
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October 31, 2012 —
President Barack Obama is greeted by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie upon his arrival at Atlantic City International Airport in Atlantic City, NJ. Obama traveled to the region to take an aerial tour of the Atlantic Coast in New Jersey in areas damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
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October 31, 2012 — Part of a home rests upside-down in Seaside Heights, N.J. after Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jersey. The rest of the home sat away from its original spot an in the middle of a street.
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October 31, 2012 — People line up to fill gas containers at the New Jersey Turnpike’s Thomas A. Edison service area near Woodbridge, N.J.
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October 31, 2012 — President Barack Obama, left, embraces Donna Vanzant, right, during a tour of a neighborhood effected by Hurricane Sandy in Brigantine, N.J. Vanzant is a owner of North Point Marina, which was damaged by the storm.
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November 1, 2012 — A girl plays on a fallen tree on Brighton 6th Street in the Brighton Beach area of Brooklyn in New York.
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November 28, 2012 —
United States flags are displayed on flood-damaged homes in the Breezy Point section of Queens, N.Y.
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