Hurricane Sandy battered the East Coast on Oct. 28 with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour after devastating the Caribbean. At least 69 people were killed in the island nations when Sandy tore through Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, the Bahamas, and Puerto Rico. In the United States, the powerful storm caused massive flooding, left millions without power, and is blamed for more than 50 deaths. The storm was one of the largest to hit the region in decades. Pictured: A NOAA satellite image taken Oct. 31 showed Hurricane Sandy over much of the eastern United States with areas of rain over the Ohio Valley. Showers and thunderstorms were seen over far northern New England. Snow and cloudy conditions continued over the central Appalachians.

A boardwalk in Atlantic City seen on Oct. 31 was destroyed as a result of Hurricane Sandy.

A photograph provided by the US Coast Guard on 31 Oct. showed an aerial view of New Haven, Connecticut following Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30.

Water was pumped from a restaurant on First Street in Hoboken, N.J., on Oct. 31 in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Parts of the city were still covered in standing water, leaving some residents trapped in their homes.

Boarded-up businesses sported Halloween-themed messages on the deserted boardwalk as Sandy approached Rehoboth Beach, Delaware on Oct. 29.

An ambulance got stuck in over a foot of snow off of Highway 33 West, near Belington, W.Va. Sandy buried parts of West Virginia under more than a foot of snow on Oct. 30, cutting power to at least 264,000 customers and closing dozens of roads.

A shed was uprooted on Oct. 30 along Route 14 in Canton Township, Pa., in the aftermath of Sandy.

A parking lot full of yellow cabs was flooded as a result of superstorm Sandy on Oct. 30 in Hoboken, New Jersey.

In Chicago, Ill., a man watched waves generated from the remnants Sandy as they crashed into the shoreline of Lake Michigan on Oct. 30. Waves up to 25 feet high were generated by winds up to 50 miles-per-hour were expected on the lake.

Homes were surrounded by floodwaters pushed up by high tides and storm surge in Westhampton Beach, New York on Oct. 30.

A cyclist passed debris strewn along the boardwalk from Hurricane Sandy in Ocean City, Maryland on Oct. 30.

A city police car drove past a tree lying across power lines blown over by high winds from superstorm Sandy in Roanoke, Va. on, Oct. 30. About 5,800 Appalachian Power customers in the Roanoke and New River valleys were without power on Oct. 30.

Boats were piled up by storm surges at a marina in East Quogue, New York on Oct. 30.

Fred Brugge of Lexington, Ky., cleared snow from his car windshield on Oct. 30 at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park at Prestonsburg in eastern Kentucky. Snow settled in across portions of Kentucky’s Appalachian region as part of superstorm Sandy hit the eastern US.

Wrightsville Fire Department firefighter Jon Boyer catches up on some sleep at the station with other members who were on call early on Oct. 30 for any damage from superstorm Sandy, in Wrightsville, Pa.

David Dodds cleared debris from the front of Water Ways Marina in Ocean City, Maryland on Oct. 30 after Hurricane Sandy.

Atlantic City resident Earl Rease looked at debris from the demolished section of a boardwalk at the end of Pacific Avenue in the north end of Atlantic City, New Jersey on Oct. 30.

Elaine Belviso, 72, was rescued from her flooded home by Suffolk County police after being trapped overnight by superstorm Sandy on Oct. 30. in Babylon, N.Y.

Debris littered the floor of Exchange Place in New Jersey, Oct. 30. following Hurricane Sandy.

In Washington, DC, an uprooted tree laid on power lines on Oct. 30.

Snow fell in Elkins, W.Va., on, Oct. 30, one day after Sandy slammed the eastern coast of the Unites States. In some parts of West Virginia the collision of multiple storm systems threatened to produce up to 3 feet of snow.

A student walked across the lawn at Davis & Elkins College as the snow started falling hard in Elkins, W. Va., on Oct. 29.

In Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, a small amount of damaged fencing on the dunes was the only apparent damage near the boardwalk as mostly calm seas and sun-dappled clouds followed in the aftermath of Sandy on Oct. 30.

A traveler on Delta Airlines waited for her flight on Oct. 29 in Detroit. Dozens of departing flights were canceled at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport as the superstorm locked down flights to the East Coast.

Lisa Famularo braced for impact as a large wave crashed over a seawall while she photographed heavy surf in the Atlantic Ocean during the early stages of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29. Kennebunk, Maine.

An abandoned home was inundated with water at Shinnecock Bay in Southampton, N.Y., on Oct. 29.

Terry Robinson checked on his flooded trailer at RV Park in Kitty Hawk, N.C., on Oct. 29.

People made their way up a flooded Guy Lomardo Avenue as high tide and winds from Hurricane Sandy combined to flood the area on Oct. 29 in Freeport, N.Y.

Rough surf of the Atlantic Ocean broke over the dunes on Oct. 29 in Cape May, N.J., as high tide and Hurricane Sandy began to arrive.

People posed for pictures on the Brooklyn Bridge as Sandy began to affect the area on Oct. 29.

Police and firefighters responded to a downed street light on FDR drive in New York on Oct. 29.

A resident walked to work through floodwaters near downtown Norfolk, Va., on Oct. 29.

Norfolk, Va., resident Jack Devnew looked at the water covering a dock as he checked on his boat at a marina near downtown on Oct. 29.

A lone man wearing a rain poncho walked past the White House on Oct. 29 during the approach of Sandy.

A woman took a photo at Beach 98th street on the boardwalk at Rockaway beach in the Queens borough of New York on Oct. 29.

A man stood on the beach to watch the storm surf, kicked up ahead of Sandy, in Southampton, N.Y., on Oct. 29.

A lone pedestrian walked through an empty Times Square on Oct. 29. in New York.

Sand bags protected an entrance of the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 29. Sandy forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools, and financial markets. There were plans to allow electronic trading to go forward on the New York Stock Exchange but with a storm surge expected to cover parts of lower Manhattan in water, officials decided late Sunday that it was too risky to ask any personnel to staff the exchanges.

Teresa Perez of Buxton, N.C., ran off a sand dune near Cape Hatteras Lighthouse on Hatteras Island on Oct. 28 as Hurricane Sandy worked its way north, battering the US East Coast.

Mark Palazzolo, owner of a bait and tackle shop on the Manasquan Inlet in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., boarded up his business with the same wood he used in previous major storms in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J. Of Hurricane Sandy, Palazzolo said, “I think this is going to do us in.”

A fisherman stood on a rock to surf cast in the turbulent waves kicked up by Hurricane Sandy in Montauk, N.Y., on Oct. 28.

A passenger rode the last 4 train uptown in New York on Oct. 28. New York and other cities and towns closed their transit systems and schools and ordered residents of low-lying areas to evacuate before a storm surge that could reach as high as 11 feet.

A woman and child walked through an aisle, emptied in preparation for Hurricane Sandy, in a Wal-Mart store in Riverhead, N.Y., Oct. 28.

President Obama spoke to the press after a briefing on Hurricane Sandy at the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington on Oct. 28. Obama called on Americans to take Hurricane Sandy “very seriously,” urging them to heed the instructions of local and state authorities.

Sarah Korman and Michael Cunba, who evacuated their home in Long Beach, N.Y., brought their dogs Jade, left, and Ava to a pet shelter at Mitchell Park’s Field House, run by the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management and Pet Safe Coalition on Oct., 28 in Uniondale, N.Y. Pet owners could drop off their pets at the shelter and then seek shelter for themselves before the arrival of Sandy.

Dirt Murray followed a winter line as he worked to secure his houseboat in preparation for Hurricane Sandy in Gloucester on Oct. 28.

A woman used sandbags to reinforce her door in preparation for Hurricane Sandy’s arrival in Salisbury on Oct. 28.

Rob Gauthier slid a kayak through a piece of lawn furniture as he prepared for the storm ahead of Hurricane Sandy on Plum Island in Newbury on Oct. 28.

Workers at Bridge Marina worked to disassemble a mast in preparation for Hurricane Sandy’s arrival in Salisbury on Oct. 28.

People walked past a parked bulldozer after it was used to scrape the beach in order to build up a sand barrier ahead of Hurricane Sandy on Plum Island in Newbury on Oct. 28.

A man took a picture of a child standing in front of a bulldozer where someone had written the word “sandy,” ahead of Hurricane Sandy on Plum Island in Newbury on Oct. 28.

A woman walked towards a parked bulldozer after it was used to scrape the beach in order to build up a sand barrier ahead of Hurricane Sandy on Plum Island in Newbury on Oct. 28.

An empty shelf where generators were for sale is seen at the Home Depot in Somerville on Oct. 28.

Ambulances gathered Sunday outside of NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City preparation for evacuations.

A maintenance worker attached plywood to a sidewalk grate at 2 Broadway in Lower Manhattan.

The New York City subway system planned to close at 7 p.m. Sunday. Here, a warning sign about potential service changes because of Hurricane Sandy is seen at the Seventh Avenue subway station.

A man surfed Sunday at Rockaway Beach in Queens, N.Y., in the hours before Sandy’s arrival.

People walked along the beach at Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y., as waves come ashore.

Joseph Klein of Sayville, N.Y., is assisted by Lowe’s employee Ormani Rivera after he purchased a generator at a Lowe’s store in Hicksville, N.Y., on Sunday.

Kathy Gibson (right) took a picture of her husband Steven as he held their 4-month-son, Jackson, while standing on a pier in Ocean City, N.J.

Molly White, 9, of Frankford, Del., covers her head as she is pelted by blowing sand on the beach at Ocean City, Md.

District of Columbia Department of Public Works worker Anthony Jonel, center, carried a sandbag from a container to be handed out free to Washington, D.C., residents.

A man walked past shelves of bread at a Walmart store in Virginia Beach, Va.

High winds blew sea foam into the air as a person walked across Jeanette’s Pier in Nags Head, N.C.

Ocean water rolled over North Carolina state Route 12 at the north end of Buxton, N.C., early Sunday.

Waves broke against a bulkhead in the Brigands Bay area of Frisco, N.C., on Sunday.

Large waves generated by Hurricane Sandy crashed into Jeanette’s Pier in Nags Head, N.C. on Oct. 27 as the storm moved up the East Coast.

Soldiers from a Virginia Army National Guard battalion conducted chain saw refresher training Satuday night at the Fredericksburg, Va., readiness center.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers covered an entrance to the Canal Street A, C, and E station with plywood to help prevent flooding on Oct. 27 in New York. As Hurricane Sandy approaches the New York region, residents of some flood-prone areas have been told to evacuate and officials are preparing for a possible transit system shutdown.

A woman in a tent city cleaned up on Oct. 27, a day after Hurricane Sandy passed through Haiti.

Tim and Jo Ann Griffith struggled to hold onto their umbrella as they walked the pier at Myrtle Beach State Park during Hurricane Sandy in South Carolina on Oct. 27.

People walked on a street littered with debris on Oct. 26 after Hurricane Sandy hit Santiago de Cuba.

Robert Shepanski boarded up a home in preparation for the storm on Oct. 27 in Cape May, N.J. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has ordered mandatory evacuations of the barrier islands in New Jersey by 4 p.m. Sunday, including the Atlantic City casinos.

A man walked on a street littered with rubble on Oct. 27 after Hurricane Sandy passed through Santiago de Cuba.

Corey Hutterli worked on securing his sailboat with rope as the outer bands of Hurricane Sandy are felt on Oct. 25 in Miami Beach, Fla.

A police car stopped at a fallen palm tree trunk blocking the road on Oct. 25 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Sandy, which crossed Cuba and reached the Bahamas as a Category 2 hurricane, before weakening overnight, is expected to maintain its Category 1 status for the next few days. Pictured: Fallen palm trees laid on a road after the hurricane Sandy in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, on Oct. 25.

Sandy caused havoc in Cuba on Oct. 25, killing 11 people in eastern Santiago and Guantanamo provinces. Pictured: Resident Barbara Garces tried to recover her belongings from his house destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in Aguacate, Cuba, on Oct. 25.

Authorities said it was Cuba’s deadliest storm since July 2005, when Category 5 Hurricane Dennis killed 16 people and caused $2.4 billion in damage. Pictured: Men tried to remove debris from an electrical wire, which was turned off after the passing of Hurricane Sandy in Gibara, Cuba.

Locals walked across the flooded streets of La Plaine, Haiti, on Oct. 25 after Hurricane Sandy caused flooding and claimed 10 lives.

A woman observed from her flooded house at La Barquita neighborhood, eastern Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Oct. 25.

Officials reported widespread flooding across Haiti, where hundreds of thousands of people are still displaced by the devastating 2010 earthquake. Pictured: Residents waded through a flooded street caused by heavy rains from Hurricane Sandy in Port-au-Prince on Oct. 25.

In Cuba, Hurricane Sandy slammed into the provinces of Granma, Holguin, and Las Tunas. Pictured: A driver in Havana maneuvered his classic American car along a wet road as a wave crashed against the Malecon on Oct. 25.

Cuban President Raul Castro ordered authorities to evaluate damage throughout eastern Cuba. Pictured: A woman peered from the doorway of her cement home being built within the frame of a wooden home, which was partially knocked down by the passing of Huricane Sandy in Gibara on Oct. 25.

Sandy hit southeastern Cuba early on Oct. 25 with 105-mile-per-h0ur winds that cut power and blew over trees across the city of Santiago de Cuba. Pictured: A woman stood outside her house in Santiago de Cuba, damaged by Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 25.

Reports from the city of Santiago de Cuba, which is located about 470 miles southeast of Havana and has a population of 500,000, spoke of significant damage, with many homes damaged or destroyed. Pictured: A man walked near a damaged power line in Santiago de Cuba on Oct. 25.

Sandy also killed 10 in Haiti, where heavy rains from the storm’s outer bands caused flooding in the impoverished and deforested country. Pictured: A young boy sat in front of his home, flooded by heavy rains from Hurricane Sandy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Oct. 25.

Hurricane Sandy lashed out with heavy wind and rain as it roared across Jamaica and then headed for an overnight landfall in eastern Cuba and the Bahamas. Pictured: A fallen tree and toppled light poles blocked a road in Kingston, Jamaica, after the passing of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 25.

Cuban authorities issued a hurricane warning for several eastern provinces. Pictured: Residents inspected damage in Gibara on Oct. 25.