The storm left cars partially submerged in a New York City parking lot.

A tree crew worked to free a pine from power lines in Norwell on Tuesday.

Flooded streets kept firefighters away when a blaze tore through homes in New York’s Rockaway area on Tuesday.

The storm upended trees in Washington, D.C. It also left more than 8.2 million homes in 17 states without power.

A rescue worker helped a young boy evacuate an area in Little Ferry, N.J., on Tuesday, that was hit by flood waters.

Jason Locke moved mud out of his mother’s home near Gooseberry Point at Horseneck Beach in Westport.

President Obama monitored relief efforts at the Red Cross in Washington.

Mitt Romney collected food donations at a campaign event in Ohio.

The storm uprooted a tree in Copley Square.

Parts of West Virginia received up to two feet of snow.

A man looked at a tree resting on powerlines in the front yard of a home in Newton.

A damaged home was seen on Manasquan Beach in Manasquan, N.J.

A car passed a tree lying on power lines, the morning after Hurricane Sandy in Dartmouth.

A woman dragged a wet rug out of her gallery in Falmouth Harbor.

A child looked at power lines knocked down by Hurricane Sandy in Scituate.

Needham public works crews removed a tree from power lines and traffic lights.

A submerged boat in Scituate Harbor.

In the Queens, N.Y., a rainbow could be seen behind homes devastated by the storm.

A boat was almost sideways between two flooded houses in Lindenhurst, N.Y.

A home in Cambridge sustained damage from a fallen tree.