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A woman took a photo of the ocean on the boardwalk at Rockaway beach in the Queens borough of New York early Monday.

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A steady wind from Hurricane Sandy swept through Hatteras Island, N.C.

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People talked outside a boarded up Congress Hall Hotel in Cape May, N.J.

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Mike MacLelland II and his father boarded up his winter rental cottage on Turner Road in Scituate Sunday.

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Hurricane Sandy was moving toward the northeast Sunday night with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph.

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Dirt Murray secured his houseboat in preparation for Hurricane Sandy in Gloucester on Sunday.

The Boston area is expected to get 1 to 2 inches of rain, and 1 to 3 inches could fall in Worcester and further west.

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Katie Held, of Cambridge, stocked up on candles and other supplies on Sunday.

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Workers on Sunday fortified the seawall at Oceanside Dr. in Scituate.

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Jerry McKay worked to secure a houseboat in Gloucester.

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Heavy surf flooded a road in Buxton, N.C.

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Turbulent waves didn’t deter one fisherman in Montauk, N.Y., on Sunday.

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Two women braved the strong winds in Virginia Beach, Va.

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Molly White covered up at a beach in Frankford, Del.

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People took shelter in a high school gymnasium in Lewes, Del.

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The subway system in New York City was shut down on Sunday night.

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Con Edison workers placed sandbags to cover power vaults in New York.

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A business owner boarded up his shop in Alexandria, Va.

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People in Atlantic City, N.J., waited at the convention center to be evacuated.

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A woman tied lines on a dock in City Island, N.Y.