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Showing Superstorm Sandy blamed for at least 4 deaths as it slams into East Coast (with video)
Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline with 80 mph winds Monday night and hurled an unprecedented 13-foot surge of seawater at New York City, threatening its subways and the electrical system that powers Wall Street. At least four deaths were blamed on the storm, and the presidential campaign ground to a halt a week before Election Day.
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Sand bags protect the front of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing 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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People pose outside the sandbagged entrance of the closed Apple Store on Fifth Avenue as Hurricane Sandy moves closer to the area on October 29, 2012 in New York, United States.
Photograph by: Andrew Burton
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People take pictures in Battery Park along the Hudson River in New York, October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy, the monster storm bearing down on the U.S.
Photograph by: BRENDAN MCDERMID
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Mark Palazzolo, owner of a bait and tackle shop on the Manasquan Inlet in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., sits next to wood he has used to board up his business in previous major storms, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.
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Storm clouds loom over the Empire State Building and Manhattan skyline, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York.
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Dan Mason tries to keep his hood on as he heads out to get pictures of the Chesapeake Bay near the Lesner Bridge in Virginia Beach, Va, on Monday morning, Oct. 29, 2012, as the effects of Hurricane Sandy lash the coast.
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One World Trade Center, right, peeks through a light rain as water from the Hudson River creeps up on Pier A Park with the expected arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Hoboken, N.J., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012.
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A warning sign displays a directive near downtown Philadelphia ahead of Hurricane Sandy's landfall Monday, Oct. 29, 2012.
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Peter Cusack, center, and Mel Bermudez walk their dogs Teague, left, and Molly along the Brooklyn waterfront beneath the New York skyline as Hurricane Sandy advances on the city, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012.
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Customers shop for food at a Supermarket in Manhattan, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in New York. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the U.S.
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The Hudson River comes over the seawall along the West Side Promenade in the Battery Park area in New York on October 29, 2012 as New Yorkers prepare for Hurricane Sandy which is supposed to hit the city later tonight.
Photograph by: TIMOTHY A. CLARY
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Damaged cars sit under a fallen tree from high winds in the Queens borough of New York, October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy began battering the U.S.
Photograph by: HANDOUT
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A young boy rides his bike through a flooded street on October 28, 2012 in Point Lookout, New York. Hurricane Sandy, which threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain, high winds and possibly heavy snow to a wide area on the U.S.
Photograph by: Mike Stobe
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A woman watches waves crash onto a pier on City Island October 29, 2012 in New York. The residents have been ordered to evacuate the island. Hurricane Sandy's winds picked up speed as the storm made a left turn toward the East Coast.
Photograph by: DON EMMERT
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People look out at the East River as Hurricane Sandy moves closer to the area on October 29, 2012 in New York City. The storm, which threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain, high winds and possibly heavy snow.
Photograph by: Spencer Platt
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A man makes his way across a flooded Seagirt avenue in the borough of Queens in New York October 29, 2012.
Photograph by: SHANNON STAPLETON
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The floor of the New York Stock Exchange is empty of traders, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. All major U.S. stock and options exchanges will remain closed Monday with Hurricane Sandy nearing landfall on the East Coast.
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A sailboat smashes on the rocks after breaking free from its mooring on City Island October 29, 2012 in New York. Hurricane Sandy's winds picked up speed as the storm made a left turn toward the East Coast.
Photograph by: DON EMMERT
