Photos From Hurricane Sandy

Washington, D.C., braced for heavy rains and high winds as Hurricane Sandy approached. Image: J. Scott Applewhite/AP

Waves crash onto the damaged Avalon Pier in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., as the hurricane churns up the East Coast. Sandy is sending coastal residents fleeing as it threatens a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. Image: Gerry Broome/AP

Travelers on Delta Airlines look at a departure screen in Detroit as dozens of departing flights have been canceled. Image: Charlie Riedel/AP

Caleb Lavoie (front) and Curtis Huard leap into the street as a large wave crashes over a seawall on the Atlantic Ocean in Kennebunk, Maine. Image: Robert F. Bukaty/AP

A fallen tree and power line lie over homes in Garden City, N.Y. Hurricane Sandy still has 90 mph sustained winds with higher gusts. Image: Audrey C. Tiernan/MCT/Landov

Diana Clarke sits on a cot set up by the Red Cross as she takes shelter from Hurricane Sandy at Weymouth High School in Weymouth, Mass. Image: Elise Amendola/AP

Jake Wilkerson (left) and Kaityln Baker struggle with their umbrellas as Hurricane Sandy approaches Annapolis, Md. Image: Steve Ruark/AP

Snowplows move through Randolph County, W.Va. Sandy was set to collide with a wintry storm from the west and cold air streaming down from the Arctic. Image: Robert Ray/AP

Firefighters look up at the facade of a four-story building that collapsed onto the sidewalk in New York City. As of 7 p.m. ET Monday, Sandy had been reclassified as a "post-tropical cyclone." Image: John Minchillo/AP

A journalist struggles to cross the street in Atlantic City. The city is like a ghost town, with casinos shuttered, tourists gone and many parts of the town inundated in knee-high water. Image: Zhang Jun/Xinhua/Landov

A flooded street is seen at nightfall during rains from Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City, N.J., on Monday. The New York Times reports that 70 to 80 percent of Atlantic City was underwater. Image: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Seawater floods the ground zero construction site in New York City. The storm, which has spread rain and high winds from North Carolina to New England and west into Pennsylvania and upstate New York, continues to head northwest. Image: John Minchillo/AP

Consolidated Edison cut power to part of lower Manhattan on Monday night. The power company tweeted that it was also shutting down service in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn. Image: Allison Joyce/Getty Images

The lights on the Brooklyn Bridge stand in contrast to the lower Manhattan skyline which has lost its electrical supply following Superstorm Sandy on Tuesday. Image: Mark Lennihan/AP

Lower Manhattan goes dark during Sandy, on Monday, as seen from Brooklyn. New York City's power company Consolidated Edison Inc., has shut down power to a large part of Lower Manhattan. Image: Bebeto Matthews/AP

A fallen tree and power line lie over homes in Garden City, N.Y., on Monday. Huricane Sandy still has 90 mph sustained winds with higher gusts. Shortly after it makes landfall, it's expected to transition "into a frontal or wintertime low pressure system." Image: Audrey C. Tiernan/MCT/Landov

Hilavio Baquero stands in front of waves as winds from Hurricane Sandy reach Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Conn. Image: Jessica Hill/AP