Hurricane Sandy slams Northeast

Consolidated Edision trucks are submerged on 14th Street near the ConEd power plant Oct. 29, 2012, in New York.

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Rising water caused by Hurricane Sandy rushes into a subterranean parking garage Oct. 29, 2012, in the Financial District of New York.

A vehicle is submerged on 14th Street near the Consolidated Edison power plant Oct. 29, 2012, in New York.

Inflatable boats from the New York Fire Department travel along 14th Street toward the East River on a rescue mission in the wake of Hurricane Sandy Oct. 29, 2012, in New York.

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Lower Manhattan goes dark during the hybrid storm Sandy, on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, viewed from the Brooklyn borough of New York. Authorities warned that New York City and Long Island could get the worst of the storm surge: an 11-foot onslaught of seawater that could swamp lower areas of the city.

A man takes a photo of Fooded streets, caused by Hurricane Sandy, are seen on October 29, 2012, 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. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the closure of all New York City will bus, subway and commuter rail service as of Sunday evening.

The Hudson River comes over the sea wall along the West Side Promenade in the Battery Park area in New York on October 29, 2012

Snow sticking to tree limbs on Grandview Road in Beckley, V.Va. Monday Oct. 29, 2012 as Hurricane Sandy wheeled toward land.

Backpacker Will Overman of Virginia Beach, Va., heads to his car Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, near Gatlinburg, Tenn. About 50 backpackers took shelter in the park during Sunday night's snowfall. Rangers expect more snow and high winds in the days to come as fallout from the storm pounding the East Coast.

People walk down a flooded street as Hurricane Sandy moves up the coast on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Waves crash against a previously damaged pier before landfall of Hurricane Sandy, Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas as big cities and small towns across the U.S. Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation.

A house on Baylawn Avenue is partially submerged as high tide, rain and winds flood local streets on Oct. 29, 2012, in Copaigue, N.Y.

Part of a crane boom is seen hanging off a building under construction on West 57th Street on Oct. 29, 2012, in Manhattan.

Wind blows across a flooded street as Hurricane Sandy moves up the coast on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Workers close down the Holland Tunnel ahead of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in New York City.

A resident pulls a woman in a canoe down 6th Street as high tide, rain and winds flood local streets on Oct. 29, 2012, in Lindenhurst, N.Y.

A resident walks to work through floodwaters near downtown Norfolk, Va., Oct. 29, 2012.

Heavy surf crashes over a seawall on the Atlantic Ocean during the early stages of Hurricane Sandy, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Kennebunk, Maine. Hurricane Sandy wheeled toward land as forecasters feared Monday, raking cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts, flooding shore towns, washing away a section of the Atlantic City Boardwalk, and threatening to cripple Wall Street and New York's subway system with a huge surge of corrosive seawater.

High winds and flooding slams the Jersey Shore as Hurricane Sandy approaches on the East Coast, Oct. 28, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

A Norfolk resident chains his bike and heads to work in floodwaters near downtown in Norfolk, Va., Oct. 29, 2012.

Waves crash over Winthrop Shore Drive as Hurricane Sandy comes up the coast on Oct. 29, 2012, in Winthrop, Mass.

A stranded car sits parked along a street near downtown Norfolk, Va., Oct. 29, 2012.

In Baltimore's Fells Point waterfront neighborhood, some streets near the harbor, normally filled with the cars of residents and visitors, are deserted, Oct. 29, 2012, as city officials ordered cars to be moved from low-lying areas.

Richard Thomas moves a neighbors' car out of the rising water as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Oct. 29, 2012, in Fenwick Island, Del.

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Richard Thomas walks through the flood waters in front of his home after assisting neighbors as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Oct. 29, 2012, in Fenwick Island, Del.

Al Daisey walks in the flood water in front of his home as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Oct. 29, 2012, in Fenwick Island, Del.

Norfolk resident Jack Devnew and his dog check on his boat at a marina near downtown Norfolk, Va., Oct. 29, 2012.

Norfolk resident Jack Devnew looks at the water covering a dock as he checks on his boat at a marina near downtown Norfolk, Va., Oct. 29, 2012.

Cars streak across the Brooklyn Bridge as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy arrive, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Facing a seawater surge of anywhere from 6 to 11 feet from Hurricane Sandy, the city shut down its mass transit system, closed its schools and ordered hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes.

In this photo provided by CBS New York, high winds and flooding slam an area of Highlands, N.J., as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast, Oct. 29, 2012.

Waves wash over the seawall near high tide at Battery Park in New York, Oct. 29, 2012, as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast.

Waves wash over the sea wall near high tide at Battery Park in New York, Oct. 29, 2012, as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast.

Police and firefighters respond to a downed street light on FDR drive, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York.

Rough surf of the Atlantic Ocean breaks over the beach and across Beach Ave., Oct. 29, 2012, in Cape May, N.J., as high tide and Hurricane Sandy begin to arrive.

In this photo provided by CBS New York, high winds and flooding slam an area of the Belt Parkway in Bay Ridge, N.J., as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast, Oct. 29, 2012.

In this photo provided by CBS New York, high winds and flooding slam an area of Fair Haven, N.J., as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast, Oct. 29, 2012.

A potted plant sits near a downed tree that was brought down by strong winds in Williams Township, Pa, Oct. 29, 2012.

A view of the corner of 34th Street and 1st Street in Manhattan during rains from Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012 in New York City.

Sea water floods the Ground Zero construction site, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York. Sandy continued on its path Monday, 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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The Lenox subway terminal at 148th Street is seen after officially being closed in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York City.

The MTA's Hugh L. Cary Tunnel, formerly the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, is seen after officially being closed in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York City.

In this photo provided by CBS New York, high winds and flooding slam an area of South Oyster Bay, N.J., as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast, Oct. 29, 2012.

In this photo provided by CBS New York, high winds and flooding slam an area of Seaford, N.J., as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast, Oct. 29, 2012.

In this photo provided by CBS New York, high winds and flooding slam an area of the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y., as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast, Oct. 29, 2012.

Alix Brignol of New York takes a picture as water washes over the sea wall near high tide at Battery Park in New York, Oct. 29, 2012, as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast.

In this photo provided by CBS New York, high winds and flooding slam an area of Bricktown, N.J., as Hurricane Sandy approaches the East Coast, Oct. 29, 2012.

High winds blow sea foam onto Jeanette's Pier in Nags Head, N.C., Oct. 28, 2012, as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy move into the area.

Waves crash into the Atlantic City boardwalk as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Oct. 28, 2012, in New Jersey.

Workers stack sandbags beside concrete barriers to protect buildings near the World Financial Center in anticipation of flooding, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York.

A pedestrian walks her dog through a working crew as they stack sandbags beside concrete barriers to protect buildings near the World Financial Center in anticipation of massive flooding, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York.

A person takes a photograph of the Hudson River as gusty winds bend trees, Oct. 29, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J.

After checking to make sure his boat line is secure, Bob Casseday crosses the waist high flooded street just over the bridge along Savannah Road in Lewes, Del., to get back home as Hurricane Sandy hits Delaware, Oct. 29, 2012.

The high tide floods streets, Oct. 29, 2012 from the effects of Hurricane Sandy in Hampton, N.H.

A truck drives by a warning sign in Wachapreague, Va., Oct. 29, 2012.

A man crosses the street in front of the New York Stock Exchange, Oct. 29, 2012.

The closed New York Stock Exchange is barricaded with sand bags during the arrival of Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012. — Richard Drew/AP (image), Jason Henry McCormick/CBS (text)

Sandbags protect an entrance of the New York Stock Exchange, Oct. 29, 2012.

High winds and rain slams the Jersey Shore as Hurricane Sandy approaches on the East Coast, Oct. 28, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Waves crash into the Atlantic City boardwalk as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Oct. 28, 2012, in New Jersey.

High winds and rain slam the Jersey Shore as Hurricane Sandy approaches on the East Coast, Oct. 28, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Spectators watch a live broadcast of a weatherman outside the Good Morning America studios in Times Square, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York.

People talk while a news crew works outside a boarded up Congress Hall Hotel, Oct. 29, 2012, in Cape May, N.J.

Vanessa Pumo walks her dog Bella as wind and rain from Hurricane Sandy arrive, Oct. 29, 2012 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Behind her is the Manhattan skyline and Brooklyn Bridge, right.

Ambulances line up near the Hoboken University Medical Center, where patients were evacuated in anticipation of Hurricane Sandy, Oct. 28, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J.

A lone man wearing a rain pouch walks past the White House in Washington, Oct. 29, 2012, during the approach of Hurricane Sandy.

A woman reacts to waves crashing over a seawall in Narragansett, R.I., Oct. 29, 2012.

Allen Boyer paddles a kayak in floodwaters caused by Hurricane Sandy as Bobby Carnutte wades through the water at right in Kitty Hawk, N.C., Oct. 29, 2012.

A Dare County utility worker checks with the Kitty Hawk Fire Department as they patrol flooded streets in Kitty Hawk, N.C., Oct. 29, 2012.

A business is closed and covered with plywood along the main street in Sea Bright, N.J., Oct. 29, 2012.

Pedestrian who try to cover from the rain try to control his umbrella from the heavy wins in Baltimore downtown as Hurricane Sandy approach in the Atlantic coast of Maryland, Oct. 29, 2012.

A Dare County utility worker checks on conditions along a flooded Ride Lane in Kitty Hawk, N.C., Oct. 29, 2012.

Leslie Morris and her son Neil Morris look down Ocean Avenue to where Leslie's mother is being rescued from her car which was stalled in deep water from Hurricane Sandy, in Sea Bright, N.J., Oct. 29, 2012.

A National Guard truck checks the area for stranded people as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Oct. 29, 2012, in Ocean City, Del.

In this handout satellite image provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hurricane Sandy, pictured at 00:15 UTC, churns off the east coast on Oct. 28, 2012, in the Atlantic Ocean.

In this handout GOES satellite image provided by NASA, Hurricane Sandy, pictured at 1240 UTC, churns off the east coast on Oct. 29, 2012, in the Atlantic Ocean.