
Hurricane Sandy hits the region

A tunnel under Battery Park in lower Manhattan was flooded early Tuesday.
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| October 29, 2012

Mike Biszko waded through knee-deep water flooding Bridge Street in Westport, Mass., after checking on his home.
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| October 29, 2012

Brothers Chris (left), Steven, and Richie Hartnett made their way home after checking out the flooding in Westport.
ARAM BOGHOSIAN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
| October 29, 2012

Lower Manhattan, as seen from Brooklyn, was dark.
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| October 29, 2012

Streets were flooded under the Manhattan Bridge in the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, N.Y.
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| October 29, 2012

Transformers exploded in lower Manhattan on Tuesday.
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| October 29, 2012

Another view of a transformer exploding.
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| October 29, 2012

A row of houses flooded at Grassy Sound in North Wildwood, N.J.
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| October 29, 2012

The Inlet section of Atlantic City, N.J., was covered in water. A piece of the boardwalk washed away earlier in the day.
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| October 29, 2012

A surveillance camera captured the PATH station in Hoboken, N.J., as water poured in.
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| October 29, 2012

The HMS Bounty, a replica tall ship, sunk in the Atlantic Ocean near Hatteras, N.C.
U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 2nd Class Tim Kuklewski/AP
| October 29, 2012

Vehicles are submerged on 14th Street in New York.
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| October 29, 2012

Firefighters evacuated an apartment building in New York after its front wall collapsed.
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| October 29, 2012

A darkened street in New York.
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| October 29, 2012

Water rushed into an underground parking garage in New York’s Financial District.
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| October 29, 2012

Water rose to the porch at the Paquachuck Inn in Westport.
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| October 29, 2012

Waves crashed against homes on Turner Road in Scituate.
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| October 29, 2012

A car navigated a flooded Church Street in Woods Hole.
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| October 29, 2012

A man drove around a fallen tree on Locust Street in Falmouth.
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| October 29, 2012

Waves crashed over a jetty in Scituate.
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| October 29, 2012

Sandy is seen Monday as it approached landfall on the East Coast.
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| October 29, 2012

A crew worked to remove a downed tree on Rockdale Street in New Bedford.
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| October 29, 2012

Oceanside Drive was littered with debris in Scituate.
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| October 29, 2012

Jamison Orr watched the waves come up through the dock at the Clam Shack in Falmouth Harbor.
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| October 29, 2012

Joe Gallion of Falmouth checked out the surf on Menauhant Road in Falmouth.
Bill Greene/Globe Staff
| October 29, 2012

Chris Losordo carried his father, Vin, across a flooded road in Falmouth.
Bill Greene/Globe Staff
| October 29, 2012

Alison Tames of Plum Island held her dog, Zoey, amid the high winds. "She's cold and miserable," Tames said.
Dina Rudick/Globe Staff
| October 29, 2012

Jillian Webb (left) and Arianna Corso, of Dennis, in Chatham as Hurricane Sandy pelted them with wind and sand.
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| October 29, 2012

Snow had fallen in Beckley, W.Va.
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| October 29, 2012

Commuters waited in Boston’s North Station for Amtrak and MBTA service Monday morning.
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| October 29, 2012