Apocalypse now: Sandy destruction

A car is upended on a mailbox on Surf Avenue in Coney Island, N.Y., in the aftermath of Sandy. Sandy, the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP)

Taxis sit in a flooded lot after Hurricane Sandy in Hoboken, New Jersey. The storm has claimed at least 40 lives in the United States and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. U.S. President Barack Obama has declared the situation a 'major disaster' for large areas of the U.S. east coast, including New York City, with widespread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city. (AFP)

A beachfront house is completely destroyed in the aftermath of a superstorm Sandy in Coney Island's Sea Gate community in New York. (AP)

South Ferry subway station after it was flooded by seawater during superstorm Sandy the storm that made landfall Monday, caused multiple fatalities, halted mass transit and cut power to more than 6 million homes and businesses. (AP)

Residents stand in front of a building on a flooded street after Hurricane Sandy in Hoboken, New Jersey. The storm has claimed at least 40 lives in the United States and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. (AFP)

A truck sits on a flooded street after Hurricane Sandy in Hoboken, New Jersey. The storm has claimed at least 40 lives in the United States and has caused massive flooding across much of the Atlantic seaboard. US President Barack Obama has declared the situation a 'major disaster' for large areas of the US east coast, including New York City, with widespread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city. (AFP)

A boat sits on the dock at the East Marina in Point Lookout in Long Beach, New York. (AFP)

HMS Bounty, a 180-foot sailboat, submerged in the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane Sandy approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C. (AP)

Westside Highway near the USS Intrepid as Sandy moves through the area in New York. (AP)

Fire and rescue personnel lead a boat of ConEd power workers through flood waters after their power station was over fun by flood waters in New York. (REUTERS)

Atlantic City, N.J., as Hurricane Sandy makes it approach, Monday. Sandy made landfall at 8 p.m. near Atlantic City, which was already mostly under water and saw a piece of its world-famous Boardwalk washed away earlier in the day. (AP)

Sea water floods the entrance to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, Monday in New York. (AP)

Flooded cars, caused by Hurricane Sandy, in the Financial District of New York, United States. 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. (AFP)

A flooded gas station is viewed in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn as Hurricane Sandy affects the area on October 29, 2012 in New York, United States. 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. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the closure of all New York City will bus, subway and commuter rail service as of Sunday evening. (AFP)

Fire fighters evaluate the scene of an apartment building which had the front wall collapse due to Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012 in New York, United States. 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. (AFP)

People take pictures and watch as tidal surge from Hurricane Sandy comes ashore at Cape Heniopen State Park in Lewes, Delaware. (AFP)

Justin Forman walks through the surf as tidal surge from Hurricane Sandy comes ashore at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. (AFP)

Cots are set up in the gymnasium at Roxborough High School, designated a Red Cross shelter, in Philadelphia. (AP)

Two pedestrians walk along the Atlantic City Boardwalk in Atlantic City N.J. (AP)

People look at the Nam Dinh television tower which collapsed due to Typhoon Son-Tinh in Nam Dinh city, 100 km (62 miles) south of Hanoi. (REUTERS)

A man takes pictures of the skyline of New York's Lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center at Exchange Place in New Jersey. Tens of millions of East Coast residents scrambled on Sunday to prepare for Hurricane Sandy, which could make landfall as the largest storm to hit the United States, bringing battering winds, flooding and even heavy snow. (REUTERS)

Gray skies hover over the skyline of New York as a man photographs the city from a park along the Hudson River in Weehawken, New Jersey. (REUTERS)

A man braces himself from Hurricane Sandy as he and his dog walk along the pier in Ocean City, Maryland. (REUTERS)

Workers remove a boat from the water for safekeeping at Ponquogue Marine Basin in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy in Hampton Bays, New York. (REUTERS)

Waves crash into the pier in Ocean City, Maryland. (REUTERS)

Police car travels along the boardwalk as waves overtake the beach in Ocean City, Maryland. (REUTERS)

Hurricane Sandy was headed north from the Caribbean, where it left nearly five dozen dead, to meet a winter storm and a cold front, plus high tides from a full moon, and experts said the rare hybrid storm that results will cause havoc over 800 miles from the East Coast to the Great Lakes. (AP)

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