Superstorm's most dramatic images

In this image made from video and released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a USCG crew member uses a hoist to bring up a survivor into a helicopter after a replica tall ship caught in Hurricane Sandy's wrath began taking on water, forcing the crew to abandon the boat Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in rough seas off the North Carolina coast. The Coast Guard rescued 14 crew members by helicopter, but two people were still missing.

Tim Larsen,AP Photo/New Jersey Governor's Office

The boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J. on Oct. 30, 2012, after superstorm Sandy made landfall in New Jersey on the evening of Oct. 29, 2012.

A 168-foot water tanker, the John B. Caddell, sits on the shore, Oct. 30, 2012, where it ran aground on Front Street in the Stapleton neighborhood of New York's Staten Island as a result of Hurricane Sandy.

Heavy surf caused by Hurricane Sandy buckles Ocean Ave. on Oct. 30, 2012, in Avalon, N.J.

A parking lot full of yellow cabs is flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012, in Hoboken, NJ.

Atlantic City flooding Sandy — AP/6abc Action News

This photo provided by 6abc Action News shows the Inlet section of Atlantic City, N.J., as Hurricane Sandy makes it approach, Oct. 29, 2012. 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.

Robert Connolly, left, embraces his wife Laura as they survey the remains of the home owned by her parents that burned to the ground in the Breezy Point section of New York, Oct. 30, 2012. More than 50 homes were destroyed in the fire which swept through the oceanfront community during superstorm Sandy. At right is their son, Kyle.

The Port Authority's Twitter account posted this photo of flood waters rushing into the Hoboken PATH station through an elevator shaft.

Over 50 homes destroyed during Hurricane Sandy are viewed on Oct. 30, 2012 in the Breezy Point neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

In this instagram photo provided by Ana Andjelic, Jane's Carousel in Brooklyn Bridge Park, in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn, is surrounded by floodwaters from Sandy's surge, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York.

Damage caused by a fire at Breezy Point is shown, Oct. 30, 2012, in New York.

Sea water floods the Ground Zero construction site, Oct. 29, 2012, in New York.

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 Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012, in Ossining,N.Y.

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 30: A darkened Manhattan is viewed after much of the city lost electricity due to the affects of Hurricane Sandy on October 30, 2012 in New York, United States. At least 15 people were reported killed in the United States by Sandy as millions of people in the eastern United States have awoken to widespread power outages, flooded homes and downed trees. New York City was his especially hard with wide spread power outages and significant flooding in parts of the city. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Waters from Hurricane Sandy start to flood Beach Ave. on October 29, 2012 in Cape May, New Jersey — Mark Wilson

Waters from Hurricane Sandy start to flood Beach Ave. on Oct. 29, 2012, in Cape May, N.J.

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

Brian Hajeski, 41, of Brick, N.J., reacts after looking at debris of a home that washed up on to the Mantoloking Bridge the morning after superstorm Sandy rolled through, Oct. 30, 2012, in Mantoloking, N.J.

This aerial photo shows burned-out homes in the Breezy Point section of Queens — AP

This aerial photo shows burned-out homes in the Breezy Point section of the Queens borough New York after a fire on Oct. 30, 2012.

Hurricane Sandy has closed the financial markets in New York City for at least two days marking the first time in 27 years weather has forced a shutdown of the world's financial capital. Anthony Mason reports on the economic impact.

Cars floating in a flooded subterranean basement following Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012, in the Financial District of New York.

Water rushes into the Carey Tunnel (previously the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel), caused by Hurricane Sandy, Oct. 29, 2012, in the Financial District of New York.

Lower Manhattan goes dark during hurricane Sandy, on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, as seen from Brooklyn, N.Y. 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.

A street sign stands near apartment buildings which flooded and destroyed large sections of an old boardwalk on Oct. 30, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Hurricane Sandy Flooding New York — Getty Images

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

Water rushes into the Carey Tunnel (previously the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel), caused by Hurricane Sandy, 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.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Tim Kuklewski/ /U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images

In this handout image supplied by the US Coast Guard, The HMS Bounty, a 180-foot sailboat, is submerged in the Atlantic Ocean during Hurricane Sandy approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, N.C., on Oct. 29, 2012. Of the 16-person crew, the Coast Guard rescued 14, recovered a woman who was later pronounced dead and are searching for the captain. The HMS Bounty was built for the 1962 film Mutiny On The Bounty and was also used in Pirates Of The Caribbean.

Storm surge hits a small tree as winds from Hurricane Sandy reach Seaside Park in Bridgeport, Conn., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Water from Long Island Sound spilled into roadways and towns along the Connecticut shoreline Monday, the first signs of flooding from a storm that threatens to deliver a devastating surge of seawater. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Streets around a Con Edison substation are flooded as the East River overflows into the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, N.Y., as Sandy moves through the area on Oct. 29, 2012.

Hurricane Sandy: An Obama campaign sign rises above the floodwaters — AP

An Obama campaign sign rises above the floodwaters as rain continues to fall in a neighborhood in Norfolk, VA., Oct. 29, 2012.

Water floods the Plaza Shops in the wake of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012, in Manhattan.

Glenn Heartley pulls on a rope attached to his car in preparation for getting it towed from a creek in Chincoteague, Va., Oct. 30, 2012.

Flooding begins to inundate a parking garage ahead of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Sections of an old boardwalk are seen destroyed by flooding from Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

This image from video provided by Dani Hart shows what appears to be a transformer exploding in lower Manhattan as seen from a building rooftop from the Navy Yard in Brooklyn during Sandy's arrival in New York City.

Destroyed sections of an an old boardwalk are seen in an area that flooded by the beach on Oct. 30, 2012, in Atlantic City, N.J.

Streets are flooded under the Manhattan Bridge in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, N.Y., 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.

Debris litter a flooded street in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn after the city awakens to the affects of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012, in New York.

A shutter is badly damaged in the aftermath of flooding following Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012, in the Financial District of New York.

Floodwaters from Hurricane Sandy enter the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel (former Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel). Governor Andrew M. Cuomo ordered the tunnel closed at 2 p.m. on Monday, October 29, 2012.

Mirlo Beach in Rodanthe, N.C. Sandy — Getty

Deputy Cliff Tice of the Dare County Sheriff's Department walks down damaged and impassable NC 12 leading into Mirlo Beach in Rodanthe, N.C. on Oct. 30, 2012. People on North Carolina's Outer Banks are facing some flooding and damage from Hurricane Sandy, but emergency management officials say it could have been worse. North Carolina Transportation Department spokeswoman Greer Beaty said the highway was closed Tuesday until crews inspect the road.