Sandy hits US east coast
Updated:Sandy has caused extensive damage across a large area of the eastern US, with New York City among the worst affected areas.
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1 More than 1.5m homes and businesses have been left without power in Manhattan
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2 A Con Edison worker walks through the flood waters on the corner of 33rd Street and 1st Street in Manhattan
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3 Taxi drivers braved the conditions as subway, bus and rail services were suspended
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4 Hospital workers evacuate a patient from NYU Langone Medical Center after the blackout
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5 Water rushes into the Carey Tunnel (previously the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel) in New York
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6 The tunnel is one of a number in the city that have been closed by the flooding
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7 It remained flooded this afternoon and it could be closed for much of the week
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8 Vehicles were submerged in flood waters on 14th Street
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9 Several homes were destroyed by fire after being flooded at Breezy Point in the borough of Queens
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10 Workers attempt to clear a fallen tree blocking East 96th Street in Central Park
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11 The aftermath of flooding in the city's financial district
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12 Cars were left floating in the water after a basement car park flooded
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13 A construction crane dangles from a luxury high-rise building in midtown Manhattan after it collapsed in high winds
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14 The facade was ripped off an apartment building in the Chelsea area of the city
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15 The storm covers a vast area and has caused damage in 12 states
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16 A fallen tree rests on top of a car in the Cliffwood Beach area of Aberdeen in New Jersey
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17 Ocean Avenue in Avalon in New Jersey buckles under the pressure from the heavy waves
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18 Sections of an old boardwalk were destroyed in Atlantic City
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19 Two Washington DC residents survey a large tree that was uprooted during the storm
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20 Several beachfront homes were damaged in Milford in Connecticut
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21 A man watches the waves crash against the shoreline of Lake Michigan in Chicago
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22 A replica of the HMS Bounty sank in heavy seas off the coast off North Carolina
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23 A car damaged by falling trees in Astoria/Long Island city district (Pic: Jessica Pitcher)
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24 Cashing in on a good photo opportunity? (Pic: Jessica Pitcher)
