High winds, heavy rains, extreme tides, and even snow: the “Frankenstorm” crippled the East Coast, delivering an especially powerful punch to New York City. Millions were left without power, streets and tunnels were flooded, the city’s 108-year-old subway system was brought to its knees, and 50 deaths along the East Coast were attributed to the storm. The superstorm wreaked havoc on the Caribbean, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba and Haiti, where 51 people were killed. The storm weakened as it moved west, but there were still blizzard warnings in effect Wednesday for parts of Virginia. The Daily Beast takes a look at the damage already done.
The remnants of a roller coaster in Seaside Heights, N.J., sit in the surf three days after Hurricane Sandy battered the coast.
Several houses along the beach in the Rockaway neighborhood of Queens were crushed by Hurricane Sandy.
People walk by what's left of the historic Rockaway boardwalk in Queens.
Hurricane Sandy's strong winds, driving rain, and powerful storm surge devastated central New Jersey's coast.
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A firefighter surveys the rubble in the Breezy Point neighborhood in Queens. Dozens of homes and businesses were destroyed when a fire broke out in the midst of Hurricane Sandy.
The devastation in Breezy Point was widespread.
A woman walks by what's left of the homes and businesses that burned to the ground in Breezy Point.
Several boats washed ashore in Sea Bright, N.J.
A man attempts to drain a flooded basement in Long Beach, N.Y.
A man in Long Beach, N.Y., climbs under his garage door, which was flooded with ocean water and sand thanks to Hurricane Sandy.
A woman waits with her daughter for help after their car ran out of fuel in Jersey City, N.J. Hurricane Sandy has caused severe fuel shortages as people stock up on gasoline to run generators while many gas stations remain out of service because they don't have power.
A truck floats on the ramp to the Battery underpass in lower Manhattan. Several of the citiy's tunnels flooded in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy.
Hurricne Sandy didn't stop some New Yorkers from enjoying Halloween. Two girls in Staten Island pose in their costumes.
A man rides on a lift while recording flood damage for insurance purposes in Little Ferry, New Jersey on Wednesday. Hurricane Sandy hit New York and New Jersey and left much of Bergen County flooded and without power.
A darkened Flatiron Building rises over an empty street in a section of Manhattan still in a blackout a day after Hurricane Sandy hit.
People charge their phones at a mobile charging station on Tuesday in New York City.
People wait in line to fill containers with fuel at a Shell gas station Edison, New Jersey on Tuesday.
Atmosphpere in Times Square following Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday.
Homes in Fenwick Island, Del. are surrounded by floodwaters from the storm on Tuesday.
Snow covered pine trees sit upon a snow covered island in the middle of a pond in Champion, Pa. on Tuesday. Pennsylvania was battered by strong wind and heavy rain, but escaped major flooding as a weakened Sandy churned across the state Tuesday, plunging more than a million customers into darkness and leaving a trail of damage that included shorn roofs, toppled trees and crushed cars.
Olivia Loesner, 16, hugs her uncle, Little Ferry Deputy Fire Chief John Ruff, after she was brought from her flooded home in a boat in Little Ferry, N.J., on Tuesday. At right carrying pets, is her mother, Janice Loesner.
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A car tries to drive under a tree that fell across Cleft Road as a result of the powerful winds of Hurricane Sandy in Mill Neck, N.Y. on Tuesday.
Brian Hajeski, 41, of Brick, N.J., reacts after looking at debris of a home that washed up on to the Mantoloking Bridge on Tuesday the morning after Sandy rolled through, in Mantoloking, N.J.
A man walks past cottages damaged by Sandy on Roy Carpenter's Beach in the village of Matunuck, in South Kingstown, R.I., on Tuesday, the day after the storm struck.
Foundations and pilings are all that remain of brick buildings and a boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., on Tuesday.
This photo provided by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York shows a boat resting on the tracks at Metro-North's Ossining Station in the aftermath of the storm on Tuesday.
Sam Rigby walks by a downed tree that fell and grazed his house and hit his neighbor's house during Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.
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A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Tuesday in Hoboken, N.J.
Water floods the Plaza Shops in the wake of Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday in Manhattan, New York.
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A general view of submerged cars on Ave. C and 7th st, after severe flooding caused by Hurricane Sandy in Manhattan on Monday night.
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Nurses help evacuate a patient from NYU Langone Medical Center during Hurricane Sandy on Monday evening in New York City.
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An apartment building in Chelsea stands with its front completely torn off after the storm hit New York City on Monday.
Damage caused by a fire at Breezy Point, 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.
Cars floating in a flooded subterranean basement in New York's Financial District.
Sveinn Storm, owner of Storm Bros. Ice Cream Factory, looks at floodwater outside his store in Annapolis, Md.
A downed power line, knocked over by a falling tree, is seen in the wake of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30 in Chevy Chase, Md.
Elaine Belviso, 72, is rescued from her flooded home by Suffolk County police in Babylon, N.Y.
A street sign stands near apartment buildings that flooded and destroyed large sections of an old boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J.
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Transformers appeared to explode after much of Lower Manhattan lost power. Much of New York was plunged into darkness Monday by a superstorm that overflowed the city's historic waterfront, flooded the Financial District and subway tunnels, and cut power to nearly a million people.
People wait in the lobby of the Hampton Inn Manhattan-SoHo on Monday after the power went out in New York City. A large part of Manhattan below 26th Street has lost power reportedly because of flooding.
A combination of photos shows Lower Manhattan dark after the hybrid storm Sandy hit on Monday, and a fully lit skyline on Jan. 6, 2012, both seen from Brooklyn.
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. on Monday
Vehicles are submerged on 14th Street near the Consolidated Edison power plant.
Lower Manhattan goes dark on Monday, as seen from Brooklyn.
Seawater floods the ground zero construction site on Monday.
Vehicles are submerged during a storm surge near the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel on Monday.
Residents carry sandbags to slow flooding to their building as the East River overflows into the DUMBO section of Brooklyn on Monday night.
Seawater floods the entrance to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel on Monday.
Streets are flooded under the Manhattan Bridge in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn on Monday night.
A view of the corner of 34th Street and 1st Street in Manhattan on Oct. 29.
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Firefighters evaluate the scene of a New York City apartment building whose front wall collapsed on Monday.
Rising water rushes into a subterranean parking garage on Oct. 29 in New York City’s Financial District.
People wade and paddle down a flooded street as Hurricane Sandy approaches Lindenhurst, N.Y., on Oct. 29.
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Jake Wilkerson, 20, and Kaityln Baker, 21, both of Annapolis, Md., struggle with their umbrellas as Hurricane Sandy approaches their city.
A few dozen people take refuge from Hurricane Sandy at a Red Cross shelter in Deer Park, N.Y., on Monday.
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Queens residents wade through the flooding as Hurricane Sandy bore down.
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Waves crash onto the walkway at Battery Park in New York City. The area saw major flooding in advance of Hurricane Sandy's arrival.
A man walking down the boardwalk in Ocean City, Md., takes a picture of the storm with his phone.
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Streets along the coast in Milford, Conn., flood during the storm as high tide approaches.
A passerby takes a moment to snap a photo of the choppy Atlantic Ocean from in Cape May, N.J., on Monday.
The beach near the Atlantic City boardwalk gets pummeled by massive waves.
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U.S. Route 30, one of three major roads leading to Atlantic City, is flooded by water from Absecon Bay.
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President Obama addresses reporters on Monday in the White House briefing room after getting an update on Hurricane Sandy. The president cut short a campaign trip to Florida and has canceled several other events to remain in Washington to monitor the storm.
A wave crashes onto a house before the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Scituate, Mass.
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A truck barrels through a torrent of water spilling into the streets of Southampton, N.Y., on Monday as rough surf pounded the coast.
A resident of Fenwick Island, a coastal town in Delaware, traipsed through floodwaters in front of his home after assisting neighbors. Hundreds in the region have fled to shelters.
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Police and firefighters rush to clean up a downed streetlight on FDR Drive in New York.
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Judiann Parker of Cape May, N.J., watches the impending storm from a partially boarded-up window early Monday as the tide rose. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie issued a characteristically blunt warning to those who were considering riding out the storm in low-lying coastal areas: "Don't be stupid. Get out."
Cape May residents brave heavy winds and floodwaters in their foul-weather gear.
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The New York Stock Exchange floor was eerily empty on Monday morning, as even Wall Street prepared for the worst.
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A woman walks through an empty NYC subway station Sunday prior to the transit system's shutdown at 7 p.m.
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An NYC passenger rides one of the last trains uptown Sunday evening.
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Heavy surf ahead of Hurricane Sandy soaks children’s bikes outside the front door of an apartment on Edgewater Avenue in Ocean City, Md., on Monday.
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Hurricane Sandy’s wind gusts kicked up large waves in Atlantic City, N.J., on Oct. 28 as the storm approached the area.
Nine-year-old Molly White protects herself from airborne sand as she walks down the beach in Ocean City, Md., before the storm hits the East Coast.
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Spectators in Long Beach, N.Y., watch the waves as Hurricane Sandy nears landfall.
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President Obama listens as FEMA officials update him on the storm’s progress.
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In Ocean City, N.J., some brave (or foolhardy?) souls gather on a pier to watch the heavy surf.
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Queens residents prepare for the storm by building sandbag walls to protect their homes.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg addresses reporters on Oct. 28 before Hurricane Sandy hits the city. The city’s public-transit system was shut down and residents in Zone A, the area likeliest to flood, ordered to evacuate.
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Fishermen in Montauk, N.Y., anchor themselves on rocks to withstand the heavy surf kicked up by Hurricane Sandy.
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Families take shelter in the gym of Cape Henlopen High School in Lewes, Dela.
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Governors from North Carolina to Connecticut declared states of emergency and Delaware ordered mandatory evacuations of coastal communities on Oct. 28 as the storm neared.
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Surf-store workers boarded up the windows of their store in Ocean City, Md., on Saturday, Oct. 27, as Hurricane Sandy approached the Atlantic coast.
A news crew wades through sea foam in Nags Head, N.C., on Oct. 28 as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy move into the area.
Steady rains and gusting winds lashed North Carolina as early as Saturday night.
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Hurricane Sandy was expected to hit two winter weather systems after making landfall.
Clouds gather over New York City on Saturday, Oct. 27.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers cover a New York City subway entrance with plywood to help prevent flooding on Saturday, Oct. 27.
Rain from Hurricane Sandy falls in Kingston, Jamaica, on Tuesday, Oct. 23.
Sandy made landfall near Kingston, Jamaica, on Wednesday, Oct. 24.
Vacationers up and down the Florida coast battled high winds and torrential downpours.
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After passing over Jamaica, Sandy continued to gain speed on its way to Cuba.
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Following scorching October temperatures, some Florida residents were initially relieved to feel cool tempatures that came in with Sandy.
As news spread that the impending hurricane could be deadly, schools and recreational-activity centers across Florida closed down in preparation.
The storm initially presented itself as nonthreatening in Cuba, and students left school to play in the waves crashing against the shore.
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With winds reaching 110mph, the hurricane hit land in Cuba on Thursday, Oct. 25.
In Havana, drivers struggled to maneuver along wet roads.
Cuban television was saturated with images of fallen trees and debris-filled streets.
Heavy rains began pummeling Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic on Thursday, Oct. 25, causing more than 8,000 people to be evacuated from their homes.
Proving its endurance, the hurricane kept up speeds of 105mph as it moved north over Cuba and into Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Hurricane Sandy barreled toward the Bahamas as a powerful Category 2 storm.
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At least 10 people were reported dead in deeply impoverished Port-au-Prince.
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Children sit on a cot inside their flooded home in Port-au-Prince.
Word spread in Jamaica on Oct. 26 of the tragic death of an elderly man.
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Florida remained under tropical-storm watch as Sandy made its slow and ominous journey to the eastern coast of the United States.
